BHUTAN
KNOW THE PLACE
Nestled in the Eastern
Himalayas between India and
China, the small Buddhist
Kingdom of Bhutan opened
itself to the outside world only
in 1960s. Hitherto, it had been
largely mysterious even to its
neighbours but abandoning its
self-imposed policy to
isolation had it grappling to
find a precarious balance
between modernization and
the preservation of it's culture
and traditions.
However, it does seems that
Bhutan has found the perfect
balance between the two and
now though it is making
tremendous developments in
all sectors, it also manages to
hold onto its unique identity
that makes it unlike any other
country in the world with a
population of just over 0.7
million.
Thimphu is it's capital city and
It is one of the two capital
cities in Asia without traffic
lights (The other is
Pyongyang in North Korea).
The traffic is directed by
traffic policemen in blue
uniforms who show the way
through graceful hand
motions.