Bhutan – where happiness is a way of life

I’m in the middle of the bustling city of Kolkata as I begin writing this article but my mind is still holding onto the experience of the most magical country, and finding happiness in Bhutan.

I’ve travelled fairly extensively but I have yet to visit a country as distinctive as this. In fact, it is so unmistakably different that I felt I had journeyed to another planet, even though my flight from Kolkata to Paro was barely an hour. A joyful planet where simplicity rules the way to happiness.

Bhutan’s individuality becomes apparent from Paro airport itself. All other airports I’ve been to have been homogenised by the gloss of stores housing the same global brands, all posited on a bedrock of conspicuous consumption. But this airport was not only sans any brands but bare of shops altogether, save an unassuming lady selling mobile phone SIM cards across a small table, as you exit the arrivals area.

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