title: Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom
author: David Salesin
description: The production of this astonishing book has been an amazing experience for us in every way. Technologically, it has pushed the art of the possible, stretching image processing systems to their limits. We've had terrific assistance from HP to produce the dazzling museum-quality fine art prints; from FedEx in shipping; and from Acme Bookbinding in assembly; and from Amazon in fitting this unusual publication onto their digital shelf; from Apple, the Gates Foundation, Harry Winston, Kodak, Microsoft, MIT and others. Teams at Adobe worked very closely with use to manage the impressive renderings. Countless wonderful people in Bhutan have helped in this adventure, and we are overjoyed to offer this book for the benefit of students there.
zlib_text: **Contents**
  
    
    
  
   **The Authors**
  
   **Getting Started**
  
   **Itineraries**
  
   **Snapshot**
  
   **History**
  
   **The Culture**
  
   **Buddhism in Bhutan**
  
   **Architecture**
  
   **Environment**
  
   **Food & Drink**
  
   **Thimphu**
  
   **Western Bhutan**
  
   **Central Bhutan**
  
   **Eastern Bhutan**
  
   **Trekking**
  
   **Directory**
  
   **Transport**
  
   **Health**
  
   **Language**
  
   **Glossary**
  
   **Behind the Scenes**
  
    
  
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  **The Authors**
  
   **LINDSAY BROWN** **Coordinating author; Thimphu**
  
  A former conservation biologist and publishing manager of Outdoor Activity
  guides at Lonely Planet, Lindsay has trekked, jeeped, ridden and stumbled
  across many a mountain pass and contributed to Lonely Planet’s _South India_ ,
  _India, Nepal_ and _Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway_ guides, among others. He
  has still not seen nearly enough of the Himalaya or its peoples.
  
   **Life On The Road**
  
  It started at an ungodly hour, when usually only the dogs of Thimphu are
  awake. This cold, dark morn