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BHUTAN > AZIE
Vakantie in Bhutan - Reisinformatie Bhutan.
De lokale naam van het land : Druk Yul [ het land van de draak ]
Bhutan ligt in Azië, hoog in de oostelijke Himalaya. Het land wordt ingeklemd door China [ Tibet ] en India. Het zuidelijke gedeelte van Bhutan ligt op het Indische subcontinent.
Door de eeuwen heen is het land door vele heiligen, mystici en
pelgrims bezocht die niet alleen voor hun persoonlijke ontwikkeling kwamen, maar het land en volk tegelijkertijd een spirituele en culturele erfenis nalieten die nog steeds in het dagelijkse leven van
Bhutan is terug te vinden.
Districten in Bhutan [ dzongkhag ] : Bumthang, Chhukha, Chirang, Daga, Geylegphug, Ha, Lhuntshi, Mongar, Paro, Pemagatsel, Punakha, Samchi, Samdrup Jongkhar, Shemgang,
Tashigang, Thimphu, Tongsa, Wangdi Phodrang
Hoofdstad van Bhutan : Thimphu
Phuntsholing [ toegang tot en vertrek over land ]
hotels/hostels, reisbureaus, reisgidsen, reizen naar buthan
links
Recente reisadviezen - zie pagina reisadvies
Hotels in Bhutan
Hotels - allemaal eigendom van Bhutan Tourism Corporation Ltd Each property is designed in the traditional Bhutanese style, yet each retains its own character and is set in unusual and
dramatic locations: from the Hotel Olathang in the foothills of the Paro Valley surrounded by blue pine forests to the Hotel Motithang (Bhutan's first hotel) overlooking Thimphu's skyline to
Trongsa's Sherubling Lodge, with its alpine feel and remarkable vista over the golden roofs of Trongsa Dzong
Reisbureaus / Reisorganisaties
VNC Asia Travel - Bhutan
Het meest veelzijdige aanbod van reizen naar Azië. Groepsreizen, luxe verzorgd en reizen met ruimte voor
eigen initiatief. Speciale groepsreizen en incentives. Individuele Reizen op maat. Het team van VNC Asia
Travel heeft een schat aan kennis en ervaring waarmee zij voor u de mooiste reizen naar Azië samenstellen.
Mata India Tours [anvr/sgr], tel.: 0183 - 690 830 Passaat [ sgr ], tel.: 0252 - 422 941
Himalayan Kingdoms [ uit GB ] A.o. Bird Watching in Bhutan, Cultural Tour of Bhutan, Family Trek, Sacred Mountains - Secret Valleys, Tashi
Tenzing's Darjeeling & Bhutan Panorama, The Chorten Path, The Complete Lunana Snowman trek, The Hidden Kingdom Trek Voyages Jules Verne - bijzondere reizen voor de betrokken reiziger
Far Fung Places [ ] - reizen in kleine groepjes
Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators [ ABTO ]
Vereniging van Bhutanese touroperators Tour Operators in Bhutan - officiële lijst van het toeristenbureau Bhutan
Reisgidsen Bhutan / Reisliteratuur
Bruna -
Cicerone wandelgids Bhutan - a trekker's guide Fotoboek Bhutan - Parel van de Himalaya door Matthieu Ricard Lannoo. Fotoboek Bhutan - Edition Panorama Reisgids Lonely Planet Bhutan - Lonely Planet Reisgids Travelguide Odyssey Bhutan Reisverhaal Bhutan - Buttertea at Sunrise - Britta Das
Wegenkaart - landkaart Bhutan - ITMB
Bhutan - Footprint Handbook - Gyurme Dorje
Paperback 352 pages (October 29, 2004); Publisher: Footprint Handbooks; Language: English; ISBN: 190347132X Bhutan - Lonely Planet Country Guide - Stan Armington
Paperback 320 pages (June 25, 2002); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 1864501456 Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon: Journey into Bhutan
Door Katie Hickman, Tom Owen Edmonds (Photographer) Paperback 192 pages (February 7, 2002); Publisher: Phoenix mass market p/bk In Search of Shangri-La: The Extraordinary True Story of the Quest for the Lost Horizon
Op zoek naar Shangri-La door Michael McRae Paperback 240 pages (March 25, 2004); Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Language: English; ISBN: 0140290427
Vervoer / Hoe kom ik in Buthan
All tourists (group or individual) must travel on a pre-planned, prepaid, guided package tour program. Independent travel is not permitted.
Luchthaven van Buthan - Paro Airport [ PBH/VQPR ] - zie Druk Air
The nearest Indian airport is in Bagdogra, which can be reached by plane from Calcutta and Delhi. The road
from Bagdogra connects to Phuentsholing, a border town in Bhutan. It is a 3-4 hour drive from the airport. It takes approximately 6 hours from Phuentsholing to Thimphu or Paro.
Druk Air - de enige luchtvaartmaatschappij die van / naar Bhutan vliegt.
Het laatste stuk van je vliegreis naar Bhutan begint dus in Calcutta, Dhaka of Kathmandu
Er zijn geen lokale luchtvaartmaatschappijen of treinverbindingen.
Losse vliegtickets - diverse Nederlandse aanbieders
Belangrijkste wegen over land zijn goed onderhouden.
Kaart van Bhutan bij Travelmap
Links / Verwijzingen
Department of Tourism, Bhutan - VVV Bhutan
The Kingdom of Buthan [ Koninkrijk Bhutan ]
Op Buddhisme gebaseerde reisprogramma's, Birding in Buthan, The weaver's trail, Trekking Itineraries
Thimphu - hoofdstad van Bhutan, liggend aan Wang Chu [ Chu Rivier ]
Western part of the country, in a high valley of the Himalayas, former Winter Capital. Market center for agricultural goods produced in the surrounding valley.
Phuntsholing - toegang over land [ en vertrek]
Zuidelijke grensstad Phuentsholing bij West-Bengalen, Inida
Bumthang Gasa Dzong
Mongar Paro Punakha - Punakha Dzong, ooit de zomerhoofdstad van Bhutan Samdrup Jongkhar Trashigang
Trongsa Wangduephodrang
Bhumthang Vallei - door de Bhutanezen als zeer heilige plaats beschouwd Dochula Pas [ 3100m ] Mebartsho, a holy site and pilgrimage place also known as the Burning Lake Vallei van Punakha / Punakha Vallei Yotola Pas [ 3440m ]
Black Necked Crane [ Wangduephodrang ] Dechenchoeling Paleis in Thimphu - het officiële verblijf van de koning Bhutan Info over natuurlijke hulpbronnen, de mensen, de overheid, en politieke organisaties Bhutan, koninkrijk in de Himalaya Kuensel - nationale krant van Bhutan
Published weekly in three languages; Dzongkha, English and Nepali. Kuensel wants to keep its Bhutanese and international readers up to date on the politics and current events in the kingdom. PBS - Living Edens Bhutan, or the Land of the Thunder Dragon, is the only remaining Buddhist Himalayan kingdom. Shrouded in
timeless mystery, Bhutan is one of the few surviving regions whose secrets have passed undisturbed
through the millennia. Since 95 percent of the Bhutanese people remain subsistence farmers or pastoralists,
they live in harmony with an extraordinary diversity of animals, including the wild buffalo, red panda, Himalayan black bear, takin and blue sheep.
Cuisine - Buthanese keuken - recepten
Spicy chilies (ema) mixed with a cheese sauce called emadatse is the national dish of Bhutan. Chilies are
treated as a vegetable rather than a seasoning in the Bhutanese diet. A wide variety of fresh vegetables are a daily staple of the Bhutanese diet.
Bhutanese Food [ Bhutanees eten ]
...Almost all Bhutanese meals consist of a generous helping of rice and one or more "curry" dishes. I quote
curry because of a lack of a better English word. In Dzongkha those dishes are called tshoem. The rice is
boiled (or steamed) and can be white polished rice (called ja chum)or a unique variety of Bhutanese rice
which is pink in color (called eue chum). The pink or red sice is heavier and has a slightly nutty flavour.
Outside Bhutan it can be found in some specialty food stores in some larger US cities like LA, SF and NY...
Geschiedenis van Bhutan
Onafhankelijk van India op 8 augustus 1949.
Bhutan is gevestigd als boeddhistische theocratie in de 17e eeuw. Het gebied kwam onder Britse invloed vanuit India in de 19e eeuw.
Mystery surrounds Bhutan's distant past, as priceless irretrievable documents were lost in fires and
earthquakes. In the 8th century CE, Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava or second Buddha) made his legendary
trip from Eastern Bhutan to Western Bhutan on the back of a flying tigress to subdue the evil spirits who
hindered Buddhism. After defeating them, he blessed them as guardians of the doctrine. thus introducing
Tantric Buddhism to Bhutan. Taktshang or Tigers Nest in the Paro Valley is where he landed and today it remains one of most sacred places in Bhutan.
It is believed that the name Bhutan is derived from the Sanskrit 'Bhotant', meaning 'the end of Tibet', or from
'Bhu-uttan', meaning 'high land'. Historically the Bhutanese have refered to their country as Druk Yul, 'land of
the thunder dragon'. Bhutanese refer to themselves as Drukpa people.
Rediscovering Bhutan - M.N. Gulati
This book is the story of ancient times in Bhutan, their history religion, culture, beliefs, politics. It is a complete source of informations and a reference tool on Bhutan.
Hardcover 413 pages (August 30, 2003); Publisher: Manas Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 8170491568 A political & religious history of Bhutan, 1651-1906 - C. T Dorji
Paperback 241 pages (1995); Publisher: Sangay Xam in collaboration with Prominent Publishers, Delhi, India; ISBN: 8186239030
Muziek, Cultuur & Entertainment
Bhutan is an ancient kingdom secluded high in the eastern Himalayas. It has been visited by a great many
saints, mystics, scholars and pilgrims over the centuries who not only came for their personal elucidation, but
blessed the land and its people with an invaluable spiritual and cultural legacy that has shaped every facet of Bhutanese lives.
Bhutan's artistic tradition has its roots in Buddhism with almost all representation in the arts running along the
prevailing theme of struggle between good and evil. A rare blend of Tibetan, Indian and Chinese traditional styles in characteristic Bhutanese setting, Bhutanese art is mostly symbolic.
De bhutaanse muziek kent traditionele genres als rigsar, zhungdra en boedra.
Bhutan (Cultures of the World) - Robert Cooper
Library Binding 128 pages (March 2001); Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corporation; Language: English; ISBN: 0761411917 Tibetan Buddhist Rites from the Monasteries of Bhutan
Audio CD (March 21, 2005); Number of Discs: 2 Archery - Bhutan's national sport With traditional competitions being held regularly in most villages. Trongsa Tsechu Festival [ Trongsa ]
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