article_snippet.sent: Accommodation ranged from spanking-new hotels to delightful family-run guest houses where I'd curl up in front of the wood-burning stove in the cosy bedrooms.
article_snippet.sent: A traditional hot stone bath was an ideal way to keep warm during the chilly evenings and had the added bonus of supposedly curing aches and pains.
article_snippet.sent: At the Hotel Olathang in Paro, I gently lowered myself into a scorching steamy pool heated by white-hot river rocks that released minerals into the water.
article_snippet.sent: Afterwards I felt so relaxed that I fell asleep at dinner.
article_snippet.sent: In the Phobjikha Valley, I was invited into a traditional farmhouse, climbing a roughly hewn ladder to the first-floor living quarters, passing trays of sliced turnips and red chillis laid out to dry.
article_snippet.sent: Zam, the farmer's wife, insisted I try her home-brewed Ara, an alcohol made from distilled wheat, while I sat on the kitchen floor.