Bhutan, the hidden Himalaya paradise

In this set I post my favorites photos from three visits in Bhutan 1996, 1998 and 2000. On all my trips in Bhutan I value again the kindness of the beautiful people, their honest smiling, the cooperativeness, and the nice educated kids who have much fun when I captured them without asking me for money like in other countries people do it every time. The mentality isn't spoilt from this bad side effect, I hope Bhutan keeps its nice image.
The Bhutanese Ministry for Tourism allow only 4800 foreign tourists (except India) per anno and ask for a high visa fee of 220 US $ each person and each day. Many travelers refuse this high fee and avoid visiting this "expensive" country. This money goes to pay for your travel and it goes into the infrastructure, education programs, health systems and many common goods and not into the pockets of corrupted unscrupulous officers. When you spend you time in Bhutan, nearly everything is paid for your tour and the rest is used for important Bhutanese projects. And the high fee also is a precaution to avoid a stampede of mass tourism which would spoil the countries mentality of the citizen after a very short time and will cover the nation with heavy problems. Below the finance line every body can make the experience that for instance a stay of 14 days in European countries could cost more than a stay of 14 days in Bhutan and to learn about its nice and honest people and its beautiful country with its amazing landscape.

In this set I post my favorites photos from three visits in Bhutan 1996, 1998 and 2000. On all my trips in Bhutan I value again the kindness of the beautiful people, their honest smiling, the cooperativeness, and the nice educated kids who have much fun when I captured them without asking me for money like in other countries people do it every time. The mentality isn't spoilt from this bad side ef…  (read more)