Bhutan, Punakha

Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་; Wylie: 'druk yul; Nepali: भूटान).

Punakha (Tibetan alphabet: སྤུ་ན་ཁ་) located 1,200 metres above sea level is the administrative centre of Punakha dzongkhag, one of the 20 districts of Bhutan. Punakha was the capital of Bhutan and the seat of government until 1955, when the capital was moved to Thimphu which is about 72 km away taking about 3 hours by car.

Bhutan - the land of the thunder dragon is also a land from a different time. Steeped in tradition and culture the only way to truly appreciate it is by visiting it. "The land of the Thunder Dragon" - Druk Yul, as its called in Tibetian is indeed, the Last Shangrila protected by the mighty Himalayas from the rest of the world. Bhutan is only country where the Monarch rule is still in existence and the Kingdom is blissfully untouched. Hidden in the Eastern Himalayas between India and Tibet and as big as Switzerland, but sparsely populated, Bhutan is as pristine as it gets.