One Night Stay with a Bhutanese Family in Thimphu–Bhutan Trip -E4- Campi...

Day 2 – Episode 4


Bhutan Trip – Dinner and Stay with Bhutanese Family – Camping Traveller India – Amice


After making a hunt to some more hotels, we gave up and thought to go out of the city and explore with some home stay.

Next day, hike to the tiger’s nest was planned. We made a plan to start at 10 Am. And day after tomorrow, we were leaving for Haa Valley.

To go Haa Valley, you need to have a Route Permit, because that’s a different district like Punakha. The Permit, you take from Phuentsholing is valid to Thimphu and Paro district only.

If you are planning to go to other districts like Punakha and Haa, two different route permits need to be taken, one at a time from Thimphu.

So, it was mandatory for me to take the permit if I really wanted to go to Haa Valley.

Keeping this in view, I decided to go to Thimphu to night and apply for the Permit early as soon as they open the office. Take it and come back by 10:30 or 11:00 AM.

Keeping in mind, I left the group at Paro and joined Lubzang. We travelled to Thimphu in his car and stayed with his family in the night.

After the dinner, Lubzang took me to have the experience of Thimphu nightlife. We went to a Karaoke Bar and ordered for a beer for a drink and me for him.
It was a good place, not very crowded but alive. Lots of songs are being played there on Karaoke.

This was a fun filled Family Dinner, where not only I enjoyed the Bhutanese cuisine but also enjoyed the Chit chat, brother sisters fight and mothers silent participation in to these all fights.

They made Red Rice (Bhutanese Specialty) , Ema Datshi, Butter Milk and a dish made with Potato and onion leaves or may be garlic leaves.

I liked this spicy traditional chatni a lot. Name of this dish is somewhere in the video, which was told me to by Thinley during the dinner only. See the video and find out on my youTube channel – CampingtravellerIndia.

They use wooden bowls to eat food. This bowl is also the part of their culture. They eat everyday in those bowls but they never wash it with water. Only dry cleaning with a dry clothe is done after food.

After a homely dinner with Lubzang family, we both went for a night out. We thought to pick up Aakash from the hotel. I know that he is staying in Hotel Himalyan Kessa.