Bhutan does seem a bit unreal at times. Hardly anybody in the U.S. knows where it is. I have friends who still think the entire country is a figment of my imagination. When I was getting ready to move there, and I told people I was going to work in Bhutan, they'd inevitably ask, "Where's Butane?"It is near Africa, " I'd answer, to throw them off the trail. "It's where all the disposable lighters come from." They'd nod in understanding. Linda Leaming
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