From the taj to tigers, Bhutan to backwaters - we have launched our new ‘India and the Subcontinent’ programme continuing throughout 2010 with particular focus on experiences that are ‘off the beaten track’ and opportunities to really get under the skin of this fascinating area. New options include tailor made ...
Amankora’s Matsutake season in Bhutan
Revered in Japan the pine (matsu) mushroom (take) is the most anticipated of the autumn flavours and is so greatly cherished it is often given as a gift. However the matsutake resembles much more than a kind gesture, or thoughtful gift, it symbolises fertility, good fortunes ...
I heard a high ranking Army officer being interviewed on the radio, who I immediately took to him as he had a manner that instantly commanded your respect, a necessary skill for his role. He was also very self deprecating about the many obvious achievements that he had been involved ...
Paul Taylor’s recent journey took him from the heat of Calcutta’s plains to the cool, clean air of Darjeeling, Sikkim… and onto the Land of the Thunder Dragon - Bhutan!
Having never visited Bhutan (or indeed Darjeeling and Sikkim), I was incredibly excited about seeing a country I had heard a ...
