Having had the merit to travel to some of the developed nations on earth, I can proudly claim that there are lots of beautiful things about our country, the DRUK YUL. However mounting pressure of trash is sadly not among those things. Great beings of the past referred to Bhutan as the Lho Jong Meen [...]
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Cordyceps – the priced medicinal fungi
Alpine areas of Bhutan now has about 4000 seasonal visitors thronged to collect cordyceps - the highly priced medicinal fungi. Ophiocordyceps sinensis is the name by which it is known in the scientific community but commonly known as cordyceps; and or Chinese caterpillar. In Bhutan it is called by the name Yar-tsa Gun-bub (summer grass and [...]
Beautiful Thimphu gearing towards Choked Thimphu
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