The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan is a place where Buddhist traditions mix with modernity, and reverence is shown to tigers and the flaming thunderbolt of wisdom.
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Bhutan, for years closed off from the rest of the world, seems like a little slice of Himalayan heaven.
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The world will seem to stop spinning as you sail slowly down the Amazon, see the Serengeti National Park by balloon or crouch within a whisper of mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
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When the Bhutanese government opened up the region of Merak Sakten in 2010, it also opened up the chance for regular travellers to become pioneers.
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