NOTES FROM THE KINGDOM
A private journal of essays from within Bhutan — on landscape, lineage, and the considered life of travel.
Chapter XXXIX
On Currency
On Bhutan crypto tourism, how to pay with crypto in Bhutan for a private journey, what the national payment system actually covers, and what it does not.
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Chapter XXXVIII
On Two
On the Bhutan honeymoon, what a luxury Bhutan honeymoon cannot offer that the brochures imply, and what the kingdom gives two people instead.
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Chapter XXXVII
On Arrival
On how to get to Bhutan, what flights to Paro actually involve, how the Bhutan visa works, and why the arrival is the first part of the journey rather than the last part of the logistics.
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Chapter XXXVI
On Cost
On Bhutan luxury trip cost, how much a private journey through Bhutan costs line by line, and why two quotes for the same nine days can differ by half.
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Chapter XXXV
On Shelter
On Amankora vs Six Senses Bhutan, what the best luxury hotels in Bhutan actually differ on, and why the right answer is usually a sequence rather than a brand.
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Chapter XXXIV
On the Route
On designing a Bhutan luxury itinerary, why a 10 day Bhutan itinerary succeeds or fails on what it removes, and the order in which the western valleys should be met.
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