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We duck into a narrow room hanging out over the cliff. Three walls and a slanted floor made of wooden planks are built around a supporting rock wall where a fire-charred boulder has been converted into a kitchen and big, fat pots blacken over open flames. Women and children line the perimeter of the floor and two little ones are shuffled to the side to make room for us to sit. Bright light leaks through narrow, glassless windows slashing silver streaks across the room, washing the shadowed faces in a soft, serene glow. Everyone is staring at us, eyes wide and full in the center, pinched like a teardrop at the outer corners, plump lips curled into amused grins. \n<\/em><\/p>\n
Today has been my favorite day in Bhutan.<\/p>\n
\u2022<\/p>\n
Subba, our taxi driver\/tour guide for the day, picks us up late in the morning from the Swiss Guest House in Jakar \u2014 the main town of the Bumthang District, in central Bhutan \u2014 and as we turn left off the paved east-west “highway” (only wide enough for two cars if one drops his tires off the shoulder) the dirt road begins climbing up and over the ridge into Tang Valley. With each rotation the skinny tires find larger rocks and ruts to navigate. The fact that this little car can crawl its way up these mountains is incredible \u2014 the Indian-made Maruti Suzuki is Bhutan\u2019s modern-day mule.<\/p>\n