Recently I was twiddling my thumbs at the Tekezampa road closure when I was returning from Bumthang, when something struck me: Why do ...

At one time during my various trips within the country, I started my journey from Bumthang at the ungodly hour of 3.30AM. This was necessa...

Today, and for the foreseeable future, tourism remains Bhutan’s most profitable and vibrant economic activity. It is the biggest employer,...

What is it with our roads? All of a sudden, our roads are at the center of our focus and, trouble! Note the following media reports in...

What do you understand by the following signboard put up at the entrance of Lamperi Cafe? For those of you who are photographers, te...

KUENSEL’s Editorial of the 7th April, 2015: For a bigger and safer airport "It was quite a spectacle for the thousands of people, wh...

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) - with a target capital of US$100 billion, is promoted by China, to free itself and its me...

Recently our firebrand Blogger Wangcha Sangey of Haa posted a withering article that supposes a number of assumptions behind the abrupt st...

Here is wishing a Very Happy Lunar New Year to all my readers. New year resolutions and wish lists are not my thing - resolutions get brok...

This morning I had to visit the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) Headquarters in Lungtenphu, to apply for trekking permit for a trekking group want...

From all accounts, our Prime Minister had a successful trip to India. One paper calls him “unexpected star of the Vibrant Gujarat show”. A...

I was recently forwarded a copy of the RCSC’s Press Release on the issue pertaining to the curious case of the surrender of 3 Government S...

Two popular Bhutanese Bloggers - Wangcha Sangey and Passang Tshering (both have their origins in Haa) have written on the issue of Wangc...

In my capacity as the Secretary of the Rotary Club of Thimphu , I came in contact with an interesting Japanese gentleman named Genji Nosak...

Most of you know Viagra as a wonder pill that helps correct erectile dysfunction in human males. But how many of you know that mountain cl...

So you think you know Bhutan?? Lets see how many of you readers can correctly identify this place in the photograph. UPDATE: Five ...

One of my readers in India sent me a mail thanking me for posting new articles on the Blog. He said he is very "pissed" whenever...

Here are some more butterflies. I am throwing in some birds too - for those of you who prefer them to the Lepidopterans ! Whi...

It has been a while since I posted any photos on this site. So here are some of butterflies that I photographed during my recent trip to t...

While driving back to Thimphu from my recent trip to the East of the country, I had barely begun my descend into Trongsa over the Yotong-L...

During my recent trip to Tashiyangtse, I ran into a group of students from the Tongmejangsa Middle Secondary School - in Tongzhang villag...