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Unless you take the masochistic overland route, Paro airport is
currently the only way into the country. It is all a little
surreal with the peaks of the Himalayas poking out through the
clouds for a few brief moments, then the plane plunges through the
cloud layer and banks steeply left and right as it winds its way
through the valleys; ranks highly in the "most dangerous airports in
the world" list.
All of a sudden it goes really quiet and
you find yourself walking across the runway to the quaintly
Bhutanese styled terminal building, with the Dzong just past the end
of the runway.
The "capital" of Paro District, Tshongdue
boasts not even one metaphorical horse and a population of 2,623.
Weird to think that the Chinese manage to classify a metropolis with
a population of six million as a "village".
Home to the iconic Tiger's Nest hermitage
clinging improbably to the side of a 1000 metre sheer cliff and
which, though unmissable, will tend to sort of the men from the
boys. Fortunately and very conveniently there is a cafeteria
towards the top with a viewing platform and, more importantly, cold
beer. |
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