Your journey begins with a meditative flight over snow-capped peaks that stretch out like giant mandalas beneath your wing. You land in Paro, where an ancient fortress, like a petrified guardian, welcomes you at the threshold of this mystical kingdom. You walk through the labyrinths of Thimphu, the capital, where saffron-robed monks and businessmen in formal suits merge into a single flow of existence, subject to the rhythm of Buddhist philosophy. You visit Punakha, the ancient capital, where dzongs, fortress-monasteries, bloom like lotuses at the confluence of two rivers, symbolizing the eternal dance of male and female principles.