Expression from an Idiot by birth:

As you drive from Bumthang to Thimphu or vice versa, you will pass through beautiful RED Rhododendron flowers in full bloom and often making you to gasp for more oxygen as you tend to forget even to breath after looking at the beauty of the nature. The scientific name may be Rhododendron arboreum (I will have to check). But, at times even the beauty of nature seems to be surpassed by human carelessness of littering the beautiful landscape and famous BUMPY highways of Bhutan, not forgetting the slipperiness of road formed due to accumulation of mud on asphalted road from widening activities. Highways: I can understand the bumpiness in places where road widening is occurring or where road sunk due to some geological and topographical characters. What irks me is the bumpy ride one experience in newly asphalted road. I can’t understand why the road engineers along with road contractors are not chipping in extra effort to level the road for the comfort of everyone. I wish that, road ge...

Rinpochhe Consecrating the lhakhang and Sertog  His Holiness the Nyamkhai Nyngpo Rinpochhe visited Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) today (12-04-2012) upon the request offered by the management of the institute. Rinpochhe was invited to bless the Institute as well as to inaugurate the newly built small lhakhang (temple) in the courtyard of the dzong, where utse (four storied central tower) used to sit before it was brought down in 1994 or1996 due to safety issues as the timber in the building started to rot, since maintenance was out of question (the universal problem, budget issues). Brief history of the dzong:   Lamai Goempa Dzong Lamai Goempa dzong, where UWICE is housed at present used to be the summer residence of first king of Bhutan, Sir Ugyen Wangchuck, one may rightly say the name of the Institute has been honored in the name of Bhutan's first king. With time the dzong was inherited by one of the princesses. There are ...