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Article: MYSTICAL, REMOTE BHUTAN AN ADVENTURE IN CONTRASTS.(Getaways)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- February 19, 1998
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It's a rigorous three-hour, 2,600-foot climb to the Tiger's Lair, a Buddhist monastery that seems attached with some impossible adhesive to a sheer granite cliff.
The surrounding mountains, forested with pine and oak and splashed by mountain streams, are spectacular. The ancient monastery, one of the holiest in Bhutan, is unforgettable.
It will cost you $200 to get there. And then they probably won't let you in.
In a world where tourists seek ever more exotic and remote destinations, Bhutan could be the ultimate adventure. But budget travelers will never see this reclusive Buddhist kingdom in the eastern Himalayas.
Bhutan's monarchy ...