18/04/2019
Thank you so much Jean Ameil and group from France for visiting our country and for your valuable feedback---16 march to 23 march 2019..we love to see you again in Bhutan.........
Beautiful trip, very well organized, and especially with a team, guide and driver at the same time very professional, considerate and attentive, and more always of a good communicative humor.
First of all, the driver, Phurba, is one of the best I have ever met: very safe driving and anticipating all the pitfalls, the many roads of the Bhutan, unparalleled driving comfort and thoughtfulness. our desires even before we could express them. The guide, Tashi is also a consideration and a rare kindness. In addition, he is always in a good mood. From breakfast to dinner, he inquires about our comfort and assists us in all our needs. As a general rule, all the people we have dealt with, especially in hotels, are extremely kind and welcoming. Otherwise, the trip itself was very well organized, even the long day road, with 5 hours drive, passed without problem with a small walk at the end to stretch your legs. It is not bad to have planned several walks, almost every day. Otherwise, the trip: BEAUTIFUL! Well, we must love the mountains, with a peak at 7753 m, and a lot of hills around 5000 m. One must love the temples, some of which were built in the 7th century, when Guru Rimpoche introduced Buddhism into the mountains that would become Bhutan several centuries later. We must love the dzongs, fortress monasteries, which were, and are still in part, the seat of power. We must love the houses very decorated, with very detailed paintings, and frescoes to ward off demons and other evil spirits. There are several ways to get rid of them, especially tigers drawings, present in Bhutan, but we have not seen any, because they stay in the forests, almost inaccessible, and ph***ic frescoes (sorry for those who are shocked), because a Great Tibetan lama chased demons in the 16th or 17th century (well, it seems that husbands did not always agree to let him do it). So, yaks are not nice cows, they can be fearful and aggressive, and ashi our guide did not let us get too close. Yes, salted butter tea, even when it's not yak butter, it's not so good. Anyway, we knew by going there that we did not go for the gastronomy. But it could have been worse. They make a lot of effort to adapt to Western stomachs. The Bhutanese are a frenzied consumption of hot pepper, all the sauces, so you still have to enjoy chilli, and chicken. Very good news: we found a very correct Bhutanese wine, or even good, in Syrah (shiraz); and there is also good beer. We must also love dogs, because there are millions of half-wild dogs, that drag everywhere, in the villages and in the mountain, even if they prefer to remain near the men to scrape some remains. As a result, we do not see cats, except a few cautiously cloistered in the houses. We must also love the suspension bridges. And we must appreciate the prayer flags, very colorful, which dot the mountain. And the Chortens, or the stupas, always go around on the left. And the prayer wheels, which are found everywhere, including in very remote corners, or they turn thanks to a water supply taken in one of the innumerable torrents. But the main asset of this country lies in the kindness of its inhabitants. We have had a tremendous welcome everywhere, everyone is attentive to our slightest desires, see even ahead of them, without obsequiousness, just kindness. Here, I hope we can make you enjoy the happiness brought back from this country that invented the index of gross national happiness,
