{"id":325645,"date":"2025-12-01T06:32:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/road-tripping-through-remote-eastern-bhutan-part-2-the-petite-wanderess\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T06:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:32:36","slug":"road-tripping-through-remote-eastern-bhutan-part-2-the-petite-wanderess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=325645","title":{"rendered":"Road-Tripping through remote Eastern Bhutan (Part 2) \u2022 The Petite Wanderess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The only thing that a road trip through this remote region of Bhutan can promise is the reminder that: Nothing is Really Within Your Control.<\/h2>\n<p>And it\u2019s not really for the weak-hearted, nor the first-world traveller that <a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/bhutan-trip-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">requires utmost comfort<\/a> all the time. From Trashigang, it was another two hours of driving to the next district in eastern Bhutan \u2013 Trashi Yangtse.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Some days, I look back at these photos, and admire my own courage for doing this Eastern Bhutan road-trip.<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"cnvs-block-section-heading cnvs-block-section-heading-1642430791227 is-style-cnvs-block-section-heading-16 haligncenter\">\n<span class=\"cnvs-section-title\"><br \/>\n<span>living life on the edge\u2026. of the mountains?<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" wp_automatic_readability=\"30\">\n<p><em>No steel wirings could be seen securing these massive rocks next to the rough mountain road.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><cite>did they roll down from the top or?<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"18588\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05.jpg\" alt=\"cliff road | Eastern Bhutan road trip \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-18588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-120x80.jpg 120w, 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data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"18588\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05.jpg\" alt=\"cliff road | Eastern Bhutan road trip \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-18588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-05-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">what\u2019s the big rock doing right there?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"18589\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06.jpg\" alt=\"cliff road | Eastern Bhutan road trip \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-18589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"18589\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06.jpg\" alt=\"cliff road | Eastern Bhutan road trip \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-18589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-06-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">living life on the edge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Huge rocks on the cliff we were driving on made our van and my tiny self feel even tinier.<\/strong> Some stones could be heard dropping on top of our van, as our driver Panda drove on. It was rather disturbing to see the mountain wall just right outside our van windows. Some parts of this mountain-cut road were muddy too, adding to the challenge of driving. Well, better they be muddy than us having to drive through bad weather I supposed! #Mindfulness! We must have been either really full of courage, or overcome by insanity, or perhaps a mixture of both.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us were soft or silent, as in in respect of the road ahead of us. I battled the mental anxiety creeping up inside of me as the van proceeded cautiously. At the same time, little bouts of <strong>nausea from motion sickness<\/strong> were about to act up \u2013 which I managed to alleviate successfully by massaging a magical acupoint learned from TCM.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On this part of the trip from <strong>Trashigang<\/strong> to <strong>Trashi Yangtse<\/strong>, it was a rather bumpy ride as the road authorities were working on expanding the highway from one- to two-lane, which would take them three years (<em>trip was in 2019<\/em>).<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Another pitstop, another picnic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01.jpg\" alt=\"Trashiyangtse Dzong in the distance | Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-17308\" style=\"width:604px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-180x240.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-120x160.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-320x427.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-560x747.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-240x320.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-640x854.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-360x480.jpg 360w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01.jpg\" alt=\"Trashiyangtse Dzong in the distance | Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-17308\" style=\"width:604px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-180x240.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-120x160.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-320x427.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-560x747.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-240x320.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-640x854.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-trashiyangtse-01-360x480.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Further on, we paused for a short tea break along the road again, with views of a Dzong across the valleys. I could get used to picnics like this the next time I do a road-trip.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">| Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/eastern-bhutan-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1st part of this Eastern Bhutan road-trip here<\/a>! |<\/h4>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Hello Trashi Yangtse, one of the newer districts in Bhutan<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-14.jpg 1200w, 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https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-18-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-18-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-18-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-18-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-18-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">leech<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201c<em>Careful of leeches<\/em>\u201c, our Bhutanese guide Ugyen chanted repeatedly in concern while we all were caught up with admiring the views. True enough, he randomly caught a leech from the ground to show us. Bloodsuckers.<\/p>\n<p>At 1800m in elevation, Trashiyangtse turned out to be an up-and-coming district. Our media group was to check into the \u201c<em>best hotel in Trashi Yangtse<\/em>\u201d \u2013 <strong>Hotel Karmaling<\/strong>. The rain poured down hard right after we checked in \u2013 we had been well-blessed by Bhutan\u2019s weather gods.<\/p>\n<p>However, I wasn\u2019t so sure when I saw the tiny, rather drab-looking hotel reception. After all, it was a stark contrast to the previous hotel in Trashigang with a grand entrance and hugeeee rooms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Karmaling | Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Karmaling | Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-23-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>But quickly, I learned to not judge a hotel by its\u2026 lobby. This hotel, with its 9 rooms, had bright and clean rooms \u2013 some freshly painted in anticipation of our arrival (<em>thank you!<\/em>). And my bed also comes with a bolster, what a luxury!<em> (I\u2019ll consolidate a post about Bhutan hotels eventually!)<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"cnvs-block-section-heading cnvs-block-section-heading-1642427705105 is-style-cnvs-block-section-heading-16 haligncenter\">\n<span class=\"cnvs-section-title\"><br \/>\n<span>Waking up in Bhutan<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Mountain Views and Rural Living<\/h3>\n<p>Waking up naturally before 7am, I made myself a cup of hot ginger tea as always, and looked out of this Trashiyangtse hotel room\u2019s windows to the sight of these Bhutanese school-children walking to school. Our photographer friend Lester Ledesma was already out and about, taking photos of the local kids. 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class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-16901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-560x373.jpg 560w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-49-640x427.jpg 640w, 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https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50.jpg\" alt=\"art school | Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-16902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/east-bhutan-50-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"cnvs-block-row cnvs-block-row-1623666233457 cnvs-block-row-columns-2\">\n<div class=\"cnvs-block-row-inner\">\n<div class=\"cnvs-block-column cnvs-block-column-1623666233529\">\n<div class=\"cnvs-block-column-inner\" wp_automatic_readability=\"15.5\">\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"26\">\n<p>After breakfast, we headed to visit an art school \u2013 College of Zorig Chosum, (<em>and another art club called Visual Artists Studio of Trashiyangtse\u00a0(VAST) in the evening<\/em>). At the former, young guys were very focused on their<strong> acrylic Thanka paintings<\/strong> \u2013 which looked amazing, while teenage girls were watching their teacher teach Math calculations in their sewing class.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cGet Skilled, Be Somebody\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, read the art school\u2019s slogan. In other rooms, students were carving wood blocks, or doing metal work. Having come from a design background myself in Singapore (where many are typically overworked and underpaid), I was delighted to hear that these art students, upon graduation, will actually be better paid than Bhutanese professionals in Science and technology!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cnvs-block-column cnvs-block-column-1623666233540\">\n<div class=\"cnvs-block-column-inner\">\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20.jpg\" alt=\"Thanka painting | Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-120x180.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-90x135.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-180x270.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-360x540.jpg 360w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20.jpg\" alt=\"Thanka painting | Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-120x180.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-90x135.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-180x270.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-20-360x540.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">painting Thanka earnestly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" data-id=\"19444\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-120x180.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-90x135.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-180x270.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-360x540.jpg 360w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" data-id=\"19444\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-120x180.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-90x135.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-180x270.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-22-360x540.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" data-id=\"19445\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17.jpg\" alt=\"prayer wheel | Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-120x180.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-90x135.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-180x270.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-360x540.jpg 360w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" data-id=\"19445\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17.jpg\" alt=\"prayer wheel | Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-120x180.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-90x135.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-180x270.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-17-360x540.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5\">\n<p>The sound of prayer wheels echoing off the mountains in Bhutan will calm your every sense.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">A road-trip isn\u2019t so fun if everything is planned to the last detail.<\/h3>\n<p>Honesetly, we had not been following a pre-planned itinerary that much, such as including a trip to the Merak Highlands, as <a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">documented in my Part 1 travel diary<\/a>. Stopping the van and choosing to walk downhill to this village were not in the plans as well, but the views were too beautiful to miss! The sun illuminated everything to perfection.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-1200x750.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-1200x750.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-800x500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-320x200.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-120x75.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-90x56.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-560x350.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-1160x725.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-240x150.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-180x113.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-640x400.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-1120x700.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-480x300.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-360x225.jpg 360w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-1280x800.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-1200x750.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-1200x750.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-800x500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-320x200.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-120x75.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-90x56.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-560x350.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-1160x725.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-240x150.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-180x113.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-640x400.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-1120x700.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-480x300.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-360x225.jpg 360w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26-1280x800.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-26.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3\">\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<p>In the eastern side of Bhutan, you\u2019ll notice a rather strange sight \u2013people are working hard in their life, but taking things slow, at the same time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" data-id=\"19451\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-24.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-24.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-24-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-24-120x180.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-24-90x135.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-24-320x480.jpg 320w, 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https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-24-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-24-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-24-360x540.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" data-id=\"19452\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25.jpg 800w, 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https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25-360x540.jpg 360w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" data-id=\"19452\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25-120x180.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25-90x135.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25-180x270.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-25-360x540.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-27-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>An excited white puppy ran out from a hut, welcoming us like old friends it hadn\u2019t met for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers were bent over their backs in the rice terraces, methodically and efficiently transplanting seedlings into the wet fields. Our Bhutanese travel guide Ugyen from <a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/drukasia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DrukAsia<\/a>, spontaneously stepped into the fields to join them, while helping to translate our questions. The cheerful farmers confirmed that they hardly see tourists, so our presence came as a surprise to them. They didn\u2019t mind us visiting. They definitely didn\u2019t mind us watching!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10\">\n<p>There is very little stress felt in the country, from the local villagers, to the nomadic Highlanders at Merak, and of course, the monks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">| Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/bhutan-people-culture\/\">Lessons from the Bhutanese, on living, love &amp; death<\/a> |<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Bhutan road trip photos \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-19468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip-29.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not that I\u2019ve seen many babies or children, but to encounter them by chance in different districts of Eastern Bhutan, I\u2019ve never heard a baby cry, or even fuss. Strapped to their caretaker\u2019s backs, they\u2019ll simply be watching and observing non-Bhutanese humans curiously.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\" wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5\">\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"6\">\n<p><em>Some days, it felt like we had booked the entire Eastern Bhutan to ourselves.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01.jpg\" alt=\"monk at Gom Kora, Eastern Bhutan | Lessons on Love &amp; Wisdom Learned from Bhutan's People and Culture \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-16926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01.jpg\" alt=\"monk at Gom Kora, Eastern Bhutan | Lessons on Love &amp; Wisdom Learned from Bhutan's People and Culture \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-16926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-1120x747.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bhutan-people-travel-lessons-01-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">monk at chorten kora<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" wp_automatic_readability=\"21.951219512195\">\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/eastern-bhutan-road-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trip to Eastern Bhutan<\/a> definitely reshaped my views on the ways of the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You might think, this part of Bhutan is so remote (I couldn\u2019t find good or useful travel articles before I came here), and barely that many international visitors ever made it here. To be so separated from everyone and everywhere else in the world, I was honestly thrown back by the grace and mannerism displayed by the Bhutanese people we\u2019ve come across so far.<\/p>\n<p>Places are free from rubbish, the locals are so civilized \u2014 even the farmers staying in far-flung villages<em>. (This was a complete contrast to the often-rude, highly-educated people we would meet in developed cities now and then.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Bhutanese people will look at us curiously but always greeted us with a genuinely warm smile, and they are so shy even though everyone we met could speak English. I haven\u2019t seen a Bhutanese that looks bad-tempered from you know, suppressing resentment about life &amp; and our endless desires. Bhutan has even went ahead with a no-plastic policy, even at remote districts including markets. Us people in the first world that think we\u2019re so \u201cahead\u201d, should really rethink what being \u201cahead\u201d actually means.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" wp_automatic_readability=\"31\">\n<p>Life in this region of Bhutan feels so simple, to the point of being beautiful.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Again, this trip is to be continued in another post.<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More articles on Bhutan!<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visited: May 2019, before Cvid pandemic<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Disclosure: My trip to Eastern Bhutan was a media trip organized by\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/drukasia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Druk Asia \u2013 Bhutan Travel Specialist<\/a><em>. All opinions and editorial control on this website, as always, remain my own. Druk Asia was the Bhutan travel agency when my family and I went with during the winter of 2017. Other than excellent services from their Bhutanese team,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/drukasia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Druk Asia<\/a><em>\u00a0also offers fully customizable trips you would like to take in Bhutan. It\u2019s a reputable\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/drukasia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bhutan travel agency<\/a><em>\u00a0which I highly recommend anytime!<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/drukasia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner.jpg\" alt=\"Druk Asia banner \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-17015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-320x153.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-120x57.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-90x43.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-560x267.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-240x115.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-180x86.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-640x305.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-480x229.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-360x172.jpg 360w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner.jpg\" alt=\"Druk Asia banner \u2022 The Petite Wanderess\" class=\"wp-image-17015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-320x153.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-120x57.jpg 120w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-90x43.jpg 90w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-560x267.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-240x115.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-180x86.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-640x305.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-480x229.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thepetitewanderess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/collaboration-druk-asia-banner-360x172.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only thing that a road trip through this remote region of Bhutan can promise is the reminder that: Nothing is Really Within Your Control. 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