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| Kutte |
We reached Paro College of
Education late night @ 1 A.M. and started looking for hostel/guest house to stay.
It was a completely different place, there was a gate, but it was open and that
too without a security guard, strange right. Adding to strangeness, there was no
human being to assist/help us. Instead we were welcomed by Dogs, I mean many
dogs. Bhutan has lots of dogs; some people call this beautiful place as Country
of Thunder Dragon……..at that time I called it Kutto ka Desh (No disrespect).Somehow
we got a person, took his mobile and contacted our Mentor. It was as if God has
sent that person, else it would be very difficult for us to get a place to stay
at that time.
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| Hashi Mam |
We moved on to the hotel, where
everyone was staying, and then there were confusions of different stays for
boys and girls. Finally all of us were allowed to stay in hotel. My crew was
getting fresh, hand wash, face wash, everything, but I was just looking for few
hours’ sleep. I mean who the hell cares about hygiene after 3 days traveling
without any sleep? The room was too good with a nice bed and I was so exhausted
that I slept within a minute.
I woke up early in morning so
that we can reach on time in the conference. While others were getting ready,
Me and Taran Sir moved to Venue. I checked in to our guest house with the help
of two pretty ladies. I was looking confused, so they even escorted me back to
Conference hall, nice hosting team. Meantime, rest of my crew members came and
all of us joined the Inaugural Ceremony. There were
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| Praying |
delegates from Bhutan,
India, Nepal, Singapore, and Thailand. The hall was completely made of wood,
(Bhutan has lots of wood), and it was different from any conference hall that I
have ever seen. The Bhutanese started the ceremony with lot of good things;
they worshiped their God. They prayed to bestow us with goodness and success
of the Conference. Then there was a meditation session included in
Inauguration. I have attended lots of different types of Conference but this
was the first which started with a divine spiritual practice of Meditation.
This proves that Bhutan is really something, a place where peace lives, a place
where greenery is religion, a fairy tale kind of place.
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| Conference |
Night, me and Bhampi started the
thing for what we actually visited Bhutan, i.e. to roam around here and there.
We moved towards marked and were amazed to see that there was not even a single
traffic light on roads; all vehicles were moving at a moderate speed, no one
was in hurry. Then we spotted a one more new adventurous specialty of
Bhutan-Archery. We thought of trying it, but the Bow itself was very heavy and
then its string was so tight that it wasn't possible for us to stretch it.
Still what’s the big deal in just taking pics with it; we had few clicks with
it and continued our journey towards Market. Paro's marked at 8 O Clock is a
free market; you won’t find too many people, it’s completely silent, shops will
be open, but nothing of much interest. We can say even the markets are at peace
in Paro. If you are looking to purchase some souvenir, purchase it from Tigers
Nest or from Thimphu.
