Diary from Upper Tibetan Children's Village School

Saturday 13. of June 2009 | 04:52 (GMT+2)

The hush , rush , and noise starts to fade away

Class: Upper Tibetan Children's Village School | By: kusang

«if we have a positive attitude towards the environment (for eg. thinking of earth as our home).Then automatically we will show great respect towards nature.»The headlines written as INDIVIDUAL CAN MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN CLIMATE CHANGE BY CHANGING ONE'S LIFESTYLE has impressed me most because if each individual changes his or her lifestyle by pacing towards low carbon economy then in a whole we can protect our earth. For many reasons this year’s winter vacation has been one of a kind and of course I cant hold myself in writing about days I spent in Bhutan with my family . We had to stay at the border place called Phuntsok ling for two days and get our documents corrected. Finally our journey started in Bhutan . As we entered BHUTAN, we know that we are in a totally different country .. .. The hush , rush , and noise starts to fade away and one can hear the blowing of air and view the eternal beauty of mother nature .. Yes we are in BHUTAN …It was not before when we reached the capital city Thimbhu , my brother was calling it as Untouched Civilization and to some extent I also agreed because we could hardly see any buildings , houses and structures around , rather its filled with trees all around . Thimbhu , the capital city , even though not as huge like Delhi is well structured ..It is the place where you will find the different departments of the government of Bhutan . Incidentally the guide of our tour was my brother with his lonely planet book on Bhutan. Almost all the things about this country are good except for the food . It is expensive and in addition one can't have much choices because of scarcity of vegetables . The food called Eama Dasai is considered very delicious but for me it got my tongue burnt and I also had problem with my stomach the next day .. So , yes, we are in Bhutan for pilgrimage . For that we have to go to another place called PARO about 35 km from Thimbhu. When we reached Paro valley , I was spell bound by the magnificent beauty of the mother nature, presented before us . It looked just like the places of TIBET which I have noticed in magazines and in television .. Such was the beauty that indeed I felt that our environment is really the greatest asset we have and we should be preserving it . This place is known for ancient creations of buddhist stupas and temples. We woke up early in the morning next day as we have to climb up the mountain to get the holy blessings of site called TAKTSANG( tiger’s nest) where GURU RINPOCHE( GURU PADMASAMBHAVA) is said to have flown on the back of tigress in the 8th century and meditated. Since it’s the first time we were going there , we don’t have much idea about the time even though its written in lonely planet that its about one hour way but for us it took nearly about three hours to reach there . On the way we met a bhutanese family , same destination as ours. Incidentally we became good friends and also had lunch together. When we got near to taktsang there is huge water fall and I thought that Guru Rinpoche must have taken the drinks from there and felt his choice of place to meditate , excellent . The holy site is also known to fulfill the wishes of the pilgrims . So I wished and prayed for the happiness of all the sentient beings( Do wa rik duk ) , long life of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, good result of my students in the upcoming board examination and something for myself. . Over all i really feel good to have visited BHUTAN as i now know that there are countries which really care for their land and preserves it with discipline and with proper rules and regulation . i just wonder when can india take such steps. i do know that india is a huge country so may be it will take some time . hoping for the best . guess what - just take a look at this very beautiful country , BHUTAN. 

 

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