The following sets of pictures are in Jaigaon , the last village on India side below 4 pics are of the Gate to Bhutan from India side.
The Bhutan security personnel got into a tussle with Vishal and Raman over them clicking pictures at the gate. I wasn't around as was resting at the hotel. It took them around 2 hrs to get back to the hotel once back on inquiring I came to know that they were being grilled at the Indian post about their intentions. Finally by the intervention of higher authorities they were allowed to go.
The next day was spent roaming around Jaigaon and a little inside Bhutan our bike permits were still to be issued without which we could not venture far into Bhutan. We did some shopping and Vishal and Raman had beer inside Bhutan and we returned back to the hotel after getting our permits. The bike permits would have to be collected next morning. One more precious day wasted.
Finally the following day we received our bike permits and without wasting any more time we headed into Bhutan. Below is the route we followed:
Though Google suggests that the route takes around 2hrs 5mins to traverse it took us the better part of the day and also some of the evening to reach our destination Paro. The whole route is scenic with clear blue skies. There is occasional very dense fog which makes progress very slow. Also the regular pit-stops for photo and fuel for us slowed our pace further.
Not far from the start we stopped for breakfast we had the perpetual Maggi now called as wai wai noodles and a local item called Ema Datshi. Now I did not have the local delicacy as it is basically a soup of chillies and I already had a bad stomach. Only Raman dared to have it. I while the meantime changed into tracks as my new jeans bought in Jaigaon was making me very uncomfortable to ride till now haven't wore them again :) .
The roads in Bhutan are quite OK in the initial part i.e Phuentsholing we found good roads but later on found that the roads were not paved fully there was enough part on either side which was unpaved. A bigger vehicle coming from opposite side meant we had to get down of the paved road on to the dirt again it was tough getting back onto paved road as the edges were steep this continued quite some time. Later higher up dense fog made it impossible to see beyond few feet's further slowing us down.
In the evening after dark we finally reached Paro. As I am a newbie with the DSLR and no tripod the night shots are hazy.
The population and traffic is sparse the vehicles mostly comprise of pickup trucks pretty obvious considering the terrain of Bhutan. The search for a decent hotel ensues we land one after some food call it a day.
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| Vishal posing with his passion at the Bhutan Gate. |
The next day was spent roaming around Jaigaon and a little inside Bhutan our bike permits were still to be issued without which we could not venture far into Bhutan. We did some shopping and Vishal and Raman had beer inside Bhutan and we returned back to the hotel after getting our permits. The bike permits would have to be collected next morning. One more precious day wasted.
Finally the following day we received our bike permits and without wasting any more time we headed into Bhutan. Below is the route we followed:
In the evening after dark we finally reached Paro. As I am a newbie with the DSLR and no tripod the night shots are hazy.
The population and traffic is sparse the vehicles mostly comprise of pickup trucks pretty obvious considering the terrain of Bhutan. The search for a decent hotel ensues we land one after some food call it a day.
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