Bhutan Info
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 Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject: GETTING AROUND IN BHUTAN |
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GETTING AROUND IN BHUTAN
Air
Druk Air operates an hour-long scenic mountain flight – the so-called ‘Kingdom of the Sky’ – which offers visitors spectacular views of the mountains, lakes and waterfalls that are part of Bhutan’s beautiful scenery. The plane’s seating capacity is 72, with 32 window seats. However, there are no domestic airline routes within Bhutan.
Road
Traffic drives on the left. The country has a fairly good internal road network with 3100km (1926 miles) of surfaced road. The average speed is less than 40 kph (25 mph). The main routes run north from Phuentsholing to the western and central regions of Paro and Thimphu, and east–west, across the Pele La Pass linking the valleys of the eastern region. The northern regions of the High Himalayas have no roads.
Bus: Those services which were formerly Government-owned are now privately run, though yaks, ponies and mules are the chief forms of transportation. The main routes are from Phuentsholing to Thimphu, Thimphu to Bumthang, Bumthang to Tashigang, Tashigang to Samdrup Jongkar and from Tongsa to Gaylegphug. |
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