Welcome to Bhutan (1 of 2)

Oct 19, 2010 | Bhutan

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Bhutan welcomes you with golden rice fields and lines of women, sickles whooshing and dry stalks rustling at the harvest.

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Houses are painted with finely detailed flowers and patterns, bright red chilies and strips of meat hanging from windows to dry.

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Imposing fortress-monastery looms over town and river.

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...and inside monks in flowing red robes study and laugh on a monastery balcony.

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Women sell fruits, vegetables, and strings of dried cheese by the roadside.

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Archers compete with compound bows and targets 150 meters away.

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The archers celebrate with a victory dance and song when they score.