Category: South Asia

Paro, Bhutan – Entering the Land of the Thunder Dragon!

by paul@chowtraveller.com | Sep 25, 2018 | Bhutan, Paro, Places I Am Traveling, South Asia

In the native Bhutanese language of Dzongkha Bhutan is called  Druk Yul which is translated as “Land of Thunder Dragon”.  It got this name because of the intense thunderstorms that rushed through the valleys from the Himalayas. In those early days the...