BHUTAN

An up-to-date, in-depth introduction to Bhutanese history, culture and ecology, with a comprehensive itinerary ranging from the major cities to the most remote monasteries. Special sections on selected topics, literary excerpts, and gorgeous photographs make this an essential guide to this remote, pristine mountain kingdom. Shoe-horned into the Grand Himalayas, Bhutan—Land of the Peaceful Thunder Dragon—is a fiercely independent kingdom that celebrated its centenary in 2008. Isolated, charming, peaceful, and religious, the Bhutanese are a pragmatic, sensitive people who take from the West what will benefit their country and leave the rest. The countryside is pristine, the lifestyle and culture have been preserved for centuries, and the love of life is abundant among the people. Few outsiders know Bhutan as intimately as Françoise Pommaret.

O introducere actualizata si aprofundata a istoriei, culturii si ecologiei bhutaneze, cu un itinerariu cuprinzator, de la marile orase la cele mai indepartate manastiri. Sectiunile speciale despre subiecte selectate, fragmente literare si fotografii superbe fac din acesta un ghid esential catre acest regat montan indepartat si curat.