Hi From Siri and Aditya from Phuentsholing, Bhutan. We arrived here in Bhutan after an ardous 5 hours journey from Darjeeling. We came via Mangpoo which is a way to Gangtok Sikkim and took a diversion near Siliguri to reach Jaigoan. Jaigoan is a small typical Indian town, this is the border town with Bhutan and it is called Phuentsholing (foo-ent-sho-ling). Phuentsholing is the only exit/entry point by road into Bhutan from India. We left Darjeeling at about 5 AM today morning after witnessing the Kanchenjunga shine golden splendor at the break of dawn at about 4:30 AM from our hotel room. This like y'day was awe-inspiring. Our taxi driver Swapan Chakroborthy drove us from Darjeeling to Phuentsholing. We reached Bhutan border at about 11:30 AM and checked into the best hotel in town called "Hotel Druk". We have been provided with wonderful double room and we are enjoying it. I am just returning from a hot bubble bath in the tub. We had a decent lunch, which included a typical Indian dal and Palak Paneer with tandoori roti. We now plan to go and have some dinner.
Note that Bhutan is 30 minutes ahead of IST and it is now 7:50 PM as we write this mail. Early this evening we took a stroll around Phuentsholing and found out that the heavy dependency on India. All know FMCG products belong to India - probably the reason for this is because it is a border town and Indians are allowed to freely move in and out of this town. We also visited a Buddist temple and took some snaps.
We would be leaving for Thimphu tomorrow morning at about 8:30 AM after finishing the immigration formalities and we shall push in more details from there to you all. Otherwise we are in prime of health and enjoying this fantastic time in this new country.
Singing off from Phuentsholing, Bhutan
