Bhutan - a modern Shangri-La
The Thinking Traveller
English - October 29, 2020 06:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Arts academy travel travel history culture art music tour leader expert archaeology architecture Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Tucked away in the far eastern Himalaya, Bhutan is arguably the last bastion of the Tibetan Buddhist culture and religion in its truest form. Despite opening up to tourism in the late 70s, it has managed to minimise the effect of outside influences and the country remains virtually untouched. Judy Tenzing joins us today to discuss what she describes as “a modern Shangri-la”.
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