Putting in 16-17 hours of work everyday for the past six and a half years in the belief that it will make a difference in the lives of those...

LAYERING In my rush to close the series of articles on Ladoog, I omitted to write on one important element: LAYERING . The concept of layeri...

UPON RETURN FROM THE TREK If you are reading this – it can only mean that you have survived the trek and that you are hail and hearty. CONGR...

ON THE TREK We are now packed and ready to go on the trek. Before undertaking the trek, there are two important things that need to be ascer...

PACKING YOUR TREKKING CLOTHING/GEAR FOR THE TREK It is now time to start packing for the trek. You have to be imaginative about your require...

PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR THE TREK We now understand the perils of AMS and how to prepare for and avoid it. I have also walked you through ...

DECIDING ON THE TIME/MONTH OF TREK Once you decide that you want to go on a high altitude trek, the first thing you do is decide when you wa...

DETERMINATION OF THE HIGHEST POINT ON YOUR TREK First and foremost, when planning a trip to high altitudes you need to ascertain: What is th...

I am truly concerned by the Bhutanese people’s poor knowledge, or total lack of it, related to Ladoog . Thus I am going to do a series of bl...

It would be incorrect to say that the incidences of death by Ladoog is a modern phenomena. I can say it with certainty that it would have h...

Our Maartams were hammered a few centuries back – thus it is impossible to say with any degree of certainty which side of the coin was inten...

After many years of research and examination of evidences, I finally decided that I had done enough. I could now begin to put together my bo...

In 2011, I photographed the face of the Buddha Dordenma at Kuenselphodrang, as the scaffolding to mount the Third Eye was being dismantled b...

I was greatly distressed when Rotarian Dawa Penjor from Gelephu called me up to inform me of the sad demise of a great educator and one of B...

Two new discoveries have puzzled me greatly. One is that there is also a “Sa” imprinted on the Tibetan silver Sichuan. Sa counter-marked on ...

Bhutan’s coins were hammered some 310 years back – thus it cannot be said with certainty which side of our coins was intended to be the “obv...

  Hi .................,   I cracked the mystery of  “ Gya Chila ”!!   I went to speak to someone called Lam Kesang Chhoephel. He is the CEO ...