Bhutan Travel Inspirations

In 2019 I traveled to Bhutan with my 94 year old mother who had been there twice before and had made friends with her guide and driver Wangda and Sonam. My mother passed away last year at just shy of 96. Traveling always brought out the best in her and she had traveled quite a bit having been in over 120 countries, but Bhutan was in many ways her special place.

In Bhutan we, like most, landed in Paro and went to Thimpu that evening to rest up for the long drive to the Valley of the...

By Michael Speight, PhD, United States, April 2022

I became an orphan in the year 2011. My father expired in October 2010, and mum joined him in June, one year later. My father passed away from lung cancer; we felt relieved for him as he was suffering in pain, albeit with no complaint at all. Mum’s passing, though, was unexpected, and this made it harder to accept.

Losing both parents within a year was heartbreaking. But it gave me immense joy knowing that...

By Evelyn Ong, Singapore, August 2021