Scientists were baffled by the DNA in so-called yeti hair discovered by a British expedition in Bhutan two years ago. |
Historically, Bhutan had a theocratic system of government similar to that in Tibet, dominated by the Druk Buddhist sect of Mahayana Buddhism. |
Traditional timber buildings in Bhutan are jointed together using no steel fasteners. |
Of the five small kingdoms or princely states which the author explores in this fascinating Himalayan odyssey, only Nepal and Bhutan are fully independent nations. |
Bhutan is a small, landlocked country in the mountainous area north of India. |
Held 2250 ft above sea-level in the lush, mountainous region of Thimpu, Bhutan, the match was a decidedly stripped-down affair. |