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不丹，一個聽起來非常神秘的地方。要不是梁朝偉和劉嘉玲，可能香港人從來不會知道有這麼一個夾在西藏和印度的國家。這個國家最有名的有兩件事。

 

第一，這是全世界快樂指數最高的國家。

第二，要去不丹，非常貴。

 

我是怎樣開始有去不丹的念頭呢？

有一次和一個男老總飛，和他聊起我去西藏的事。他跟我說不丹比西藏更美，更純，大自然像仙境一樣，我就很響往了。我去國泰假期報名（不丹不讓Backpacker進，只可跟團），但他們說要兩個人才能成團。我覺得好絕望，有誰會每天花二百多美元和我去不丹呢？所以事情擱置了一段時間，直到Lydia參加了我的Pisco Sour大會，聽到我的秘魯之旅，我才發現她也是Backpacker。和她有了一起去旅行的共識後，我們就決定去不丹。能找到旅伴不容易，最難得的是我們都非常有火，大家都很緊張這個旅程。她飛的時候我幫她 Swap機（她也是Crew)，我飛了她就幫我聯絡不丹的Travel agent。所有事都有商有量，她真是我的大禮物。

 

一個沒有Backpacker的國度

為什麼去不丹那麼貴，為什麼不讓Backpacker進門呢？原因是它是一個小國，不能負荷大量的遊客湧入，所以它以高價錢來控制數量，只有真正非常想去的人才會去。我對這種做法有點不滿，因為控制數量還有很多方法，這未免是有點那個的。可是話說回來，你覺得每天二百多美金（包吃，包住，包交通）貴，那香港人去一次日本血拼也一定遠超這個數目吧！至於Backpacker的問題，是由於不丹想保存他們的文化和生活。一旦Backpacker進門了，到處就會開滿Internet café, Hostel, western restaurants等等為Backpacker服務的產品。這我可是很同意的。在老窩的龍玻邦就隨處可見，完全是一種破壞。在Vang Vieng更加離譜，變成了遊客的Party Town。要毒品有毒品，要酒有酒，烏煙瘴氣，把本地人都嚇走了。所以不丹這樣做也不無道理。

 

最快樂的國家

不丹人是不是最快樂的人我不知道，別人老不成走過來跟你說：我很快樂，我很快樂。但他們的生活簡單，常常面帶笑容是真的。國人之間認識不認識都可以聊得很興奮是真的。但我這個旅程其中一個最大的得著卻是Lydia。和她相處期間，我看見的是一個充滿愛的家庭。她看見每件有趣的東西都想和家人分享，給媽媽發信息是頭等大事。這不是因為她孝順，那是出於真正的愛。她就是每分每秒都會把媽媽和妹妹放在心上。她常常和我分享媽媽的想法和價值觀，我覺得姨姨是我見過其中一個最棒的媽媽。回港後和姨姨見面了，她對我的影響很深。想起她對我說過的話，我有時還會落淚。

 

大小不良

我們的導遊和司機完全是一對大小不良。他們一高一矮，一肥一瘦。肥矮（Chimi）的老欺負高瘦(Jagu)的一個，但他們感情很好。Jagu是非常慢熱的人，也很害羞，所以我們常常“玩”他。最後兩天他開始和我們打成一片，非常有趣，搞出很多笑料。Chimi常常叫我Your highness和Your Majesty，笑死我們。在Haa Valley回Paro的車程中，我們輪流播放了自己喜歡的音樂，是個小小的文化交流。Chimi和Jagu都很喜歡旺福的歌，還跟著一起唱。他們在整個旅程中都很照顧我們，尤其是上Tiger Nest的路上，很細心的“參扶”我。也很有耐性的每天陪我去郵政局，連我身體的問題也多加提醒，我們真的很幸運。

 

世上還有真正的純樸嗎？

去Divine madman (他們的一個聖人)的廟途中，我們遇見一班小朋友。其中一對姐妹在教另外一個男生跳舞唱歌，我們好奇駐足看了一會就往廟進發。回程的路上看見他們在草地上，見到我們就開始一起唱歌做動作。如果在其他國家，我必定覺得是別有用心的，但身在不丹，我沒有這樣想。可是，我們走的時候，Chimi給了他們每人幾塊“買零食”。我到現在還搞不清楚那是一個預定的“表演”，還是純粹的機緣巧合，Chimi也是純粹的善心？我不願意相信連不丹這種地方也被旅遊業污染了。如果不丹也是這樣， 世上還有真正的純樸嗎？我去不丹，不就是想看“真實”的東西嗎？

不丹綠油油

不丹是我去過最綠的地方。到處都是青青的山谷和梯田。每天醒來打開窗第一眼就是綠，豁然開朗。

最完美的夏季嘉年華，在哈谷！

Dechen(我們的travel agent)在為我們計劃行程的時候發現我們在不丹期間剛好可以參加Haa Valley第一次舉辦的Summer Festival。其實他完全不知道會是怎麼樣的（第一屆），所以問我們想不想參加。我們覺得機會難逢，當然答應了。而哈谷的這個夏季嘉年華是我參加過最好玩的嘉年華。

首先，地點一流。場地的背景是一座非常有靈氣並翠綠的山，看著己經心曠神怡。天氣非常好，不太熱也不冷，陽光很足。

第二，節目安排出色。我們待了一個下午，完全沒有悶場。剛到的時候有歌舞表演。然後有大人物硬拉著我們主持開幕儀式，還為我們介紹每個攤位所顯示的本土文化。然後去了一些示範遊牧生活的帳幕看他們做芝士，看沒多久外面就開始“擲飛鏢“比賽，他們的傳統運動，很刺激。大人物通通回來了，開始扯大纜比賽，第一隊竟然是“遊客隊”對“山婦”。好不容易才找到十個遊客，我和Lydia當然身在其中，比賽開始了。我第一次玩扯大纜竟然是在不丹。最原始的遊戲往往是最好玩的，我們全部玩得大叫大笑，氣氛一流。玩完扯大纜有傳統的拜神舞表演，還有一個關於不丹的短片以供觀看。嘉年華的其中一個重點是爬山單車比賽，我們可以看到參賽者到達終點的情景。節目如此豐富有趣的嘉年華，玩得我們都不想走。

第三，遊客的特權。可能因為不丹的遊客甚少，所以我們像貴賓一樣。一到我們就被一眾來主持開幕的大人物邀請一起走開幕禮。他們親自介紹各個攤位，還請我們吃餅喝酒。我們也有份參與扯大纜比賽。去看短片或做所有的事情都不用排隊。我在“大人物席”偷坐和吃檳榔也沒人管。哈哈！

這樣的夏季嘉年華，簡直是完美。

 

不入虎穴，焉得虎子

不丹最著名的旅遊景點是Tiger Nest temple，我們把它翻譯為虎穴。這個依著懸崖而建的漂亮寺廟是一個奇觀。我們出發的時候天氣並不理想，上山的路又濕又難走，但雲霧中的山嶺甚有靈氣。如常，當我問到寺廟是怎麼在這樣的環境建成的，Chimi回答是：Super Natural Power! 這是我在不丹最常得到的答案。他們對聖人非常虔誠，相信他們有超能力降魔伏妖。所以所有不能解釋的事情，都是以超能力所完成的。我認為，這樣的生活應該會簡單一點！下山的路陽光普照，雲霧散開，我們看見一條完全不同的山路。在半山，我們對著虎穴的美景吃午餐是難忘的經驗。

 

 

不丹給我的大禮物

不丹絕對不髒，但非常貼近大自然。就在旅程的最後兩天，我突然發現我肚子的皮膚上有七個被咬的小口，紅腫痕癢。我覺得可能是被蟲子咬，忍受著上虎穴。從虎穴回來，發現右膝蓋出現了差不多的情況。這二十口，痕癢難當，讓我很痛苦。就在回程的航班上，我發現自己有喉痛和微燒的情況。捱到香港機場，我立即到機場的醫療所求診，醫生覺得這是蚤咬所做成的。感謝Lydia陪我找醫生。回家後發現情況沒有改善，再找皮膚科醫生。他說這是最毒最嚴重的蚤咬。就這樣，我請了一個星期病假，覆診三次，每天塗藥休息，病和皮膚才慢慢好起來。現在，疤痕處處，整個夏天都不能穿比堅尼，Cyrus形容為“被亂槍掃射”的皮膚讓我有點困擾。唯有努力用喜療妥令疤痕退去。但我明白：It takes time。

這就是不丹留給我最大的”禮物”。每當我看到疤痕，我都會想起不丹的旅程。

Tips to Bhutan:

1. As backpacker is not allowed to enter Bhutan, you have to apply the visa with the travel agent. Try not to join the tour in Hong Kong as they will line you up with the local travel agency anyway. We directly contacted Spirit Bhutan Tour to arrange the tour.

Spirit Bhutan Tour

Tour Executive: Dechen Wangdi

Email: bhutanspirit@gmail.com, info@bhutanspiritour.com

Website: www.bhutanspirittour.com

Mobil: +975-17634180

Dechen is a very nice agent and he will try his best to assist you on your tour arrangement.

2. It is quite expensive to travel in Bhutan because of the regulation of Bhutan government. When you pay Dechen, you can choose to pay him half with the bank transfer so that he can book the flight ticket and apply visa for you first. Then, you can pay the rest after all these are done.

You have to spend at least $200 USD per day in Bhutan as a tourist (seem that it will be raised after 2012). The travel agent will arrange hotel, transportation and food for you with this budget. So, everything is basically included with this “entrance fee”.

3. We had young and funny guide and driver- Chimi and Jugu. If you can request them to be your guide and driver, you may have a different Bhutanese experience. They are very caring.

4. Bhutan is actually very clean, but indeed very close to the nature. I had serious fleabites at the hotel in Paro. However, Lydia did not have any. Anyway, I would suggest you to bring a sleeping sack with you to protect yourself from any insect.

5. PLEASE check with the agent that is there any festival going on during your stay. If so, please try your best to arrange it into your schedule. My most unforgettable experience in Bhutan was the summer festival in Haa Valley. If you happen to visit Bhutan in early July next year, you must not miss it.

Article about Haa Valley summer festival: http://www.moaf.gov.bt/moaf/?p=2938&fb_source=message

6. Some people said that you cannot get meat in Bhutan. THIS IS WRONG. They do eat meat, only not the fresh one. They do not actively kill the animal for its meat. They only enjoy their meat after they die naturally. 

Be careful with a dish with white sauce. It is actually super super spicy!!!!! I was cheated.

 

Enjoy the green green Bhutan!!!

Day 1

Location: Hong Kong to Bangkok (flight)

There is no direct flight from Hong Kong to Bhutan, so we had to transit at Bangkok.
Lydia and I took CX flight to Bangkok and stayed overnight before we jumped on the very early flight from Bangkok to Paro.

Poor Lydia landed Hong Kong from Milan in the morning and caught the flight in the afternoon to Bangkok. She slept at the hotel right away until the next day. I had a wonderful Thai massage. We were quite worried about our flight to Paro as it was not confirmed until the last minute from our travel agent.

Day 2

Location: Bangkok to Paro (flight), Paro to Thimphu

We woke up at 4am to take our flight from Bangkok to Paro. There is only one carrier in Bhutan, that is Druk air. Druk means dragon in Bhutanese and Bhutan is land of Dragon.

On the way to Paro, we saw one of the holy mountain in Bhutan. It was so beautiful to view from the sky.
Look! Those are not cloud, those are mountain!

The first photo I took in Bhutan. The lovely cloud in the clear blue blue sky.

We landed at the Paro International airport which no air bridge is needed. Everyone just walk on the ground from the aircraft to the immigration.

Yeah! We are finally here. Unbelievable!

The most respected person in Bhutan- the kings. Bhutan is like Thailand. They put the royal family and king in a very high position, but they are not actually ruling the country.

We were picked up by Chimi (our guide) and Jagu (our driver). They welcome us with the Khata and information about Bhutan.

First sightseeing point is a temple which was built by a Saint. Hundreds years ago, how could he build the bridge? Of coz, it was by his super natural power. He built it by his hands as a way of meditation.

Then we drove from Paro to Thimphu- the captial of Bhutan.

Lunch
I took a dish with “white sauce”, but it turned out to be super spicy. Every meal in Bhutan was a buffet with very very similar dishes. haha!

As a capital, Thimphu is a very peaceful town. Yuen Long is 10 times more crowded and busier than Thimphu. People drives slowly and still wearing their traditional costume.

There is no traffic light in Bhutan. This is the only one traffic control in the country. Amazing!!!

Memorial Chorten

We then went to the Memorial Chorten. It is the “the most visible religious landmark in Bhutan”.
People kept praying around the Chorten in clockwise flow. It reminded me of Tibet.

The Buddha Dordenma

There was a big Buddha on top of the mountain. Not a very impressive statue, but we could have a nice view of Thimphu from it.

We found that all dogs in Bhutan are sleeping in daytime and barking at night.

Folk Heritage Museum

We then went to a museum to see how people live in Bhutan. It showed a tradition houses with different function on different floors.

These hand-made darts are very popular in Bhutan. They have very serious competition on the darts.

I tried to throw it on the wooden board just in front of me, but failed. haha!

This little cute cat naturally became my model.

 

When a cat met a dog…………

The national library of Bhutan got the BIGGEST book in the world. It is basically a huge picture book.

There was a central plaza with a clock tower in Thimphu. We got some time to shop around the town and I bought some earrings (again) and a traditional Bhutanese guitar to Jimmy. It was made in the shape of dragon, my god!! 

Tashichoedzong

Chimi (our guide) brought us to the Tashichoedzong. It is where the government of Bhutan located. Visitors are allowed to get in only after their office hour.

It is an impressive Dzong with very tradition architecture of Bhutan. Dzong combined function of administration and religion. All men need to put an additional scarf around them and women need to put the scarf on their shoulder when they entered the Dzong as a respect.

Chimi is having a white scarf because he is a citizen only. Government officials have a red one instead.

There are wall paintings inside the temple to tell stories of Saints and Buddha.

I love Lydia’s smile in this photo.

This is a famous story in Bhutan. It talks about how do all these animals cooperate to grow the tree.

I enjoy the silence when I was sitting on the floor of the Dzong. The mountain around the Dzong was so beautiful and I still could not believe that I was in Bhutan already.

It was a relaxing day and a good start of our Bhutan trip.

Location: Thimphu to Punakha

I woke up early as usual. Once I got out of my room, I saw this dog sleeping on the chair. It must be very comfortable for it.

I had a morning walk by myself as Lydia was still sleeping. The air was super fresh.

After having our breakfast, we went to visit the national animal of Bhutan- Takin.
Takin is believed to be a mixture of cow and sheep. Bhutanese believed that it was made by their Saint- Divine madman.

There were some small household around the park. Chimi was talking to one of the family, so Lydia and I had fun with the baby.

 

On the way down, we could see Tashichoedzong from the top of mountain.

Post Office

We spent a lot of time in the post office because it provided the service of making your personalized stamp. We could choose photos from our SD card and import it to their computer to print our stamps. I have never seen something like that before. We were both very excited about it.

Folks who got my postcards should have seen my pretty face on the stamps, right?

This is a typical store on the road selling fruit and dry food.

108 Stupas

On the way from Thimphu to Punakha, we visited the very famous 108 Stupas. The Stupas were covered in mist and it carries a different kind of beauty.
I imagined that Sing was dancing between those Stupas and it would be a wonderful video to shoot.

Daytime, dogs are always sleeping!

Chimi Lhakhang

When we got to Punakha, we visited Chimi Lhakhang. It is the temple of Divide Madman on the hilltop. We passed a very beautiful farmland before we got to the temple. Bhutan is always that green. Lovely!

Time to talk about “Divide Madman”:
He was from Tibet and he was known for his crazy methods of enlightening other beings, mostly women, which earned him the title “The Saint of 5,000 Women”. Women would seek his blessing in the form of sex. However, the female consort had/has an important (albeit secret) role in many monasteries in the East. Thangka paintings illustrate sexual positions and some of the rituals that must accompany the actions.

By the way, he is my favorite saint in Bhutan!!!

As Divine Madman always use his sexual ability to fight the devil. The signs of penis are shown as the power of Divine madman.

 

One of my favorite photos in this trip!

Can you see the cat?

We passed some local household and we met some kids dancing and singing.

Lydia joined them for the dance.

What a bin!

This is the leaf of the Scared fig. Siddhartha Gautama is said to have been sitting underneath a Bo-Tree when he was enlightened (Bodhi), or “awakened” (Buddha).

When we walked downhill from the temple, we saw the same group of kids. They were singing and dancing at the grassland again. At first, I thought they were just there playing by themselves, but it turned out like a performance. I was feeling quite uncomfortable because I do not hope that tourists changed their pure heart and Bhutanese life. Are they expecting something from us after the performance? or it was just an coincident? When Chimi gave them some small notes for “snack”, I was feeling quite bad.

Is there still innocent and purity in the world?

How beautiful of the terrace!!!!!!

I was very excited to write my postcards and put on my personalized stamps at night in the hotel. Wonderful!!

Location: Punakha to Paro

We wake up with this beautiful scenery outside our window. What a life!!!!

I found this plant very very cute. It looks like a balloon. I wonder what it is. Can anyone tell me?

We were having breakfast in front of this view. Chimi tried to count how many houses are there in Punakha. It should be around 70 and Phnakha used to be the capital of Bhutan.

After breakfast, Chimi and Jagu drove us to the town.
This Nepalese Stupa has a pair of eyes, so special!

Punakha Dzong

Then we came to the most beautiful Dzong in Bhutan- Punakha Dzong.
It was a super impressive Dzong with awesome architecture and atmosphere. The Dzong is located at the confluence of the Pho Chhu (father) and Mo Chhu (mother) rivers in the Punakha–Wangdue valley.

To me, the most impressive part of this Dzong is its quietness. I cannot believe that as a top class sightseeing sight, I could hardly see tourists inside. Except me and Lydia, we only met an American couple visiting the Dzong. So, I could really enjoy every bit of the Dzong, I could take time to take my photos and appreciate the art and paintings on the wall.
It is hard to explain the atmosphere of the Dzong. The closest word I can pick is PEACEFUL. I had this feeling in Tibet before, but it was destroyed by the Chinese tour group. In Bhutan, I felt very calm.

This is the main entrance of the Dzong, three staircases are for different classes of people to enter.

Look at the guitar that he is holding? this is the one I bought for Jimmy!

I said these balls look like bombs, they said they are Pearl.

We left the Dzong and walked toward the longest cantilever bridge in Bhutan.

When it was too hot, they folded their tradition dress this way.

We had a lot of fun passing this bridge just because of the green, the wind and the sound of valley.
Believe me, you can never feel this if you are not there.

When we got to the other side of the bridge, we had a beer at a small house.

Lydia was a bit drunk on the way back from the small house. Lydia and Chimi were singing together and Lydia felt that it was “大地在我腳下“ (the world is under my feet). She started to speak English to me the whole way and being super hyper! Non-stop talking and laughing. Hahahahahahahahha!

When we were at the car, Chimi always tried to wash the fruit for us to eat. Thank you Chimi!

We had lunch at the foothill of Chimi Lhakhang (Divide Madman temple). The view we were facing was like a poster. A very very green poster indeed. Wonderful to eat in front of this view and enjoy the breeze from the farm.

I did not want to leave the restaurant after lunch, it was too good to be true.

Today ended quite early as we had a long drive from Punakha to Paro. However, Lydia and I both enjoyed the day very much.
We had seen a super beautiful Dzong, Lydia got her hyper treat at the bridge and we had our lunch in front of the beautiful farmland.

We were very satisfied.

Location: Paro to Haa Valley- back to Paro

It was my happiest day in Bhutan.

We were so lucky to be there for the first Haa Valley summer festival. We had no expectation on the festival as it was the very first one and our guide had no idea about it.

It took us around 3 hours to go to Haa Valley and we needed to climb over a very high mountain in between. The scenery was excellent.

Haa Valley summer festival is the best festival ever. It was so exotic, so local, so special and I had so much fun!!!!!
The activity never stop and I enjoy every one of them. The simplest game is always the best game. The tug of war was the highlight of the day. We formed a team of tourists (so hard to find even 10 tourists there) and we were against the local women. Playing tug of war under the sun in Bhutan with the locals was just too exciting. I cannot tell you how was it unless you were there to experience it with us.

Being a tourist in the festival = VIP. We were highly respected for no reason. The very important government officials were showing us around the counter of the local things. We did not need to queue up for anything. We could rest under the cover with the government officials, walked with them at the opening ceremony and chewed their Doma.

A lot more details to tell, let’s talk about it with the photos.

This is what I saw once I opened my room door in the morning!

On the way to Haa Valley, we passed the airport of Paro and saw a plane taking off in the valley. Look at the runway and the plane.

I like the dark cloud as the frame.

This is how it was when I was looking for my wild toilet, so beautiful!

We got on top of a very high mountain and saw Haa Valley in the middle of the green green range.

This tour guide looked like a Gongfu master in those novels!
Lydia was showing me about 白眉道人，crazy girl!

Finally, we got to the festival. People were standing around the stage for the performance with their traditional costume.

Suddenly, our guide asked us to stand aside as the government officials were coming for the opening ceremony.

However, right before they walked in, they invited all the tourists to start the festival with them.

The officials were telling us about the custom and tradition of Bhutan with all different counters. We were so shocked.

These cloths were all antique and hand-made. What a pity I never have enough money to buy all i wanted.

Their traditional shoes look so cool but it is impossible to wear this in Hong Kong.
The lady was making some raw noodles and Lydia loved all the local food there.

She was so in love with the food that she decided to skip our lunch.

This is their sex education!?!

Local kids are having fun while waiting for the bikers return!

Please look at the musical instrument that he was holding. It was exactly like what I bought for Jimmy.

As Lydia decided to skip her lunch because she was so into the festival, Jagu and Chimi went to have picnic with me at the river side. 

See how sweet they were! They were preparing food for me while I was sitting along the river.

This cow was getting really close to me when I was eating. Luckily, it only ate grass.

We were back to the venue and there were a lot of activities going on.

This thing is very very loud and I heard that it is very hard to play!!!!

This is one of their very important national game. When Lydia and I saw the distance between the player and the goal, we thought it was impossible to hit.
However, this guy made it, not only once, but few times. MY GOD!! Look how did it happen!!!!

Look at the dot at the lower right corner, it was flying!
AND IT HIT THE GOAL!!!

Once their teammate hit the goal, they will come in front of it and start singing and dancing.

This tent is water proof but with a lot of holes. How would it be possible?

This is their tradition dance for important event. I am sure there is a legend of Buddhist story behind, but I forgot (Sorry Chimi). 

We both enjoy the festival in different ways!

The bike race was a part of the festival. Bikers returned to the venue after the race.

These tourists were so serious about the festival, they even dressed in the costume.

Now, it comes to the best activity in the festival- TUG OF WAR!!
I was so surprised that tourists were asked to form a team. See how hard we tried!!!!!! The atmosphere was awesome when they all shout: 1,2,pull! 1,2, pull!

They were playing against another group of locals!!! It was so exciting!!!

This is my favorite photo in Bhutan!!

What a decoration………

Haa Valley got some really beautiful mountains. When I looked at these 2 mountains, I felt that they are something special, so I asked Chimi about it. He said these mountains represent different quality of a person. They really have their own name for it. Wao! see? I can tell……

On the way back, bye bye Haa Valley!

My beloved TERRACE!! Everywhere in Bhutan…….

Location: Paro- Tiger Nest- Paro

Tiger Nest temple is probably the most popular touristic destination in Bhutan. It is definitely very attractive with its dramatic look and the legend behind.

 

Legend of Tiger Nest:

Guru (Saint) knows that there was an evil at the Cliff. His Tibetan wife turned to be a tiger to protect him in the cave while he was doing his meditation to fight the evil. The Villagers always see a tiger outside the cave on the Cliff, so they called it: Tiger Nest.

It was a rainy morning when we started hiking on the trail. The mountain was covered with mist and carried another kind of beauty. The road was muddy and wet. It was quite hard to walk on. Thank you Chimi and Jugu taking care of us on the road. It was not a very long hike but we needed to climb some stairs.

We passed a forest with the thin green vegetation hanging on the trees. Chimi said it could only grow in very clean environment.

We arrived at Tiger Nest in the afternoon. The temple was absolutely stunning. It was quite foggy when we first arrived, but it slowly got clearer after a while. The sun was shining on the temple and it looked totally different. Lydia and I both like the look of it with mist though. It looked even more mysterious.

 

The dramatic location of the temple surely leads a question- how was it built?

Of course, the standard answer in Bhutan was always: by supernatural power.

Photo taking was not allowed inside the temple. The temple was interesting with its setting. We needed to climb up and down for different houses as it was following the shape of the Cliff to build. The monks were studying in the temple and visitors were wandering around.

 

We slowly walked down the mountain and got to a location in the mid-way for lunch. As the sun was shining on our way back, we enjoyed some wonderful scenery. When we got to our lunch place, we realized that we were going to eat with the view of Tiger Nest temple at the opposite side of the mountain.

This is the Koma that Chimi was always chewing.

After the lunch, we continued our trip down the hill. At one point, I was standing in the forest with the sound of river. Suddenly the wind came and white flowers were falling from the tree like snow. It was an unforgettable moment and I found it so peaceful to stay there.

I also love the grassland at the end. A white horse was eating grasses under the mountain range. Bhutan is always that green, that natural, that lovely.

 

Lydia and I just love these stuff so much, but we were lack of $$.

Chimi and Jugu found that the wheel of our car was broken, so it took them a while to fix it before we left.

We then visited a farmhouse and I had my first experience of pulling the milk out from cows. It was a very strange feeling but I found it exciting. The best of all was that I could drink the milk right away. It was the freshest milk ever.

We walked around the “city” a bit. I saw how people lived in such a simple way with basic entertainment and work.

At night, Dechen had farewell dinner with us and even showed us the “night life” in Bhutan. He brought us to a club with ladies dancing on the stage. The ladies were dancing by customer’s order, but they could dance how they like. So, they were just standing on the stage and “move” (I really cannot say that they were dancing). Unbelievable!!!!! Hahahahahaha!

 

We were drinking and sharing our view of relationship and things like that. Dechen told us about how Bhutanese thought about relationship. It was very inspiring. Haha!

Location: Paro-BKK-HKG

It is the time to say goodbye and I turned quite sick at the end because of my serious fleabites.

 

On the way to the airport, we passed a shooting match field. So, we stood and watched the game for a while.

A sad goodbye to the green green Bhutan, Chimi and Jugu. we flew from Paro to Bangkok and luckily got on the flight from BKK-HKG. I started to have fever in-flight and my fleabites were getting worse and worse. 

The funny part is that Lydia and I met Jamie and her boyfriend Mingson at Bangkok airport and we found that we are all common friends. What a small world.

When I got to the HK airport, I went straight to the clinic. Thank you Lydia for accompanying me.

 

So, finally I had sick leave for a week and fell very sick with the fleabites. Now, I am still dealing with the scars. Poor me! However, it is a part of traveling, isnt it?

我又搬家了！帶走的除了30箱雜物和傢具外，就是和甘的回憶了。

當然，還帶走了可愛的Natasha。可憐她以後就要跟我相依為命了！哈哈！

我想說的是，世上除了文文和Ringo外，應該沒有人能幫助我在三個小時內Unpack 30箱雜物並放好。你們實在是Amazing friends!

答應要          自然捲

答應自己學會燙衣服
答應自己學會煮咖啡
答應自己一個人看電影
哭著笑著睡著了

答應自己學會坐公車
答應自己一個人吃晚餐
打包行李 要去旅行
呼吸一點新鮮空氣

這樣的日子 有多久了
影印一樣 反覆不停的複製著
這樣的日子 還要多久
像在沙漠上面奔跑 沒有盡頭

答應要一個人生活 有沒有把握
不會淚流
答應要一個人走 有沒有把握
無論多久 心還是熱的

今天不站出來                  明天站不出來

真的是因緣際會，讓我成為了這本書其中一位作者。在書中分享了我在YYCIS當義工的一些感受，但最開心的是聽到同事們的分享。

其實香港真的什麼類型的義工都有得做，而且做義工是無分“勁不勁”的。

當然，程度也不在Uniform上…………