Bhutan - why should it be in everyone's bucket list!!

The land of the Thunder dragon is finally open after almost 2.5 years of completely shutting down to tourists!! This stunningly beautiful neighbor of India nestled in the magnificent Himalayan mountain Ranges and is accessible from India by Road as well as air!!

Even though the entire north eastern India look equally beautiful on the first glance, there are a lot of reasons why Bhutan is special and needs to be on your travel bucket list!! Here's why!

Its India's Friendly Neighbor and we don't need any passport or Visa: A very friendly Neighbor to India, Indians do not need passport or Visa to travel there!! Indian Currency is also widely accepted so this is basically a foreign country where you would feel completely at home!!

Bhutan measures gross national happiness: Bhutan is a country which does not measure its per capita income or GDP and measures only its national happiness!! Bhutan has over the years toped the list to be declared the happiest country in the world. To truly know what makes these people the happiest in the world and see it for ourselves we for sure need to plan a visit there!!

Bhutan is world's only carbon negative country: This country makes more oxygen than Carbon di oxide!! how?!! well as a rule 60% of the country should always be under green cover with forested area and the current percentage is nearly 70!! To know how it feels to be in a carbon negative country and the miracles it does to your mind and body, you need to go there!!

A Land with no traffic lights: Can you imagine a city without any traffic lights? I am sure that seems impossible!! well there is an entire country which does not have any traffic signals, with its people so obedient and disciplined on the roads and everyone so conscious about the pollution they create and volunteering to give out minimal vehicle emissions this country has been thriving without a single traffic signal!!A traffic police man regulates all the traffic with the patient and disciplined public preferring them over traffic signals.

A land that takes extreme pride in its culture and tradition: Bhutan is a land that is as proud of its tradition and culture as it is of its natural beauty, They have done everything possible to keep their ancient culture and tradition alive while they wear the traditional Bhutanese attire on any official duty, schools, colleges, etc.

Land in one of the most dangerous landing strips in the world: If you decide to fly into this country you are probably going to arrive in some style. The paro airport which is one of the simplest and smallest ones also looks extremely beautiful and colorful while the landing strip here is one of the most dangerous in the world. There are very few pilots who are qualified to land here and you are really ton between shutting your eyes tight as the aircraft makes a landing on this strip surrounded by the mighty Himalayas and keeping your eyes wide open to not miss the beauty of it all!!