Visit to the National Textile Museum, followed
by lunch with the Queen Mother, its patron.
(Donate matching funds for exhibition of a
Bhutanese textile collection in your home
museum.)
Visit area of dzong paru with picnic in the hills
above it.
Visit Taktshang Goemba monastery.
The Grand Palace,
Bangkok, Thailand
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Gantey Goemba trek For average walkers to
isolated valleys. Best in April when rhododendron
are in flower.
Depart Bhutan for New Delhi (connecting
flight through Calcutta on Drukair-Royal Bhutan
Airlines)
Helicopter to Nagaur, Rajasthan.
Accommodations Ranvas, a stunning heritage
hotel located within ancient Fort Ahhicharagarh,
part of the local palace, the 'abode of the
queens' of the Maharajah of Jodhpur.
Visit Jain temples.
Attend a Sufi festival, dine at the Ranvas
Hotel restaurant with dancers, musicians and
acrobats entertaining.
Accommodations Jodhpur Palace Hotel.
Picnic at Balsamand Lake Palace Hotel, a
The Taj Mahal
Elizabeth Sucharda
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