Hidden Bhutan

Informationen zum Autor Uitz Martin (1952-2007), traveled to the most remote areas of the Himalayas from the early 1970s. After two decades spent as a tour operator and tourism advisor with the Austrian Development Cooperation of Bhutan, and then lived as a freelance writer in the Kingdom until his death. Klappentext A travelogue that explores the life and land of a kingdom still largely concealed from the outside world Zusammenfassung Describes how the Bhutanese, in pursuit of the principle of Gross National Happiness, are carefully moving towards a more modern future, including a constitution and democracy, whilst preserving their traditional society and attempting to conserve the environment. Why there are No Traffic Lights in Thimphu State Visit on Foot The Hardest Trek in the World Encounters in the Wood The Hour of the Leopard The Potent Caterpillar Passing out in a Wooden Trough The Naked Men of Bumthang With a Dagger in his Belly and His Hands in Boiling Oil The Visit from the Reincarnated Man Electricity Comes Out of a Socket Gross National Happiness Outlawing Addictions Glossary

Product details

• Authors: Martin Uitz, Uitz Martin
• Assisted by: Nathaniel McBride (Translation)
• Publisher: The Armchair Traveller
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9781907973161
• ISBN: 978-1-907973-16-1
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 200 mm x 11 mm
• Series: Armchair Traveller (Haus Publi; Armchair Traveller
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; Bhutan, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Asia / India & South Asia, Travel writing, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General