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Our stay experiencing the Bhutanese lifestyle
Hi Mr Sonam,
We have really enjoyed our stay in Bhutan. Actually, we have also written in the feedback form which was passed to us on the 2nd last day of the trip, but I'll write it here again. Most of the feedback are mostly small issues, nothing which is really bad.
First 2 days at Thimphu. Hotel Norbuling was good, very good location in the city area which allowed us access to walk around the city in the evenings. The food in the hotel is good, staff are friendly and helpful. Only thing that was missing was a pair of slippers to go to the bathroom. The tiles felt very cold because of the weather.
The food at Hotel Kisa's restaurant on the second night was the worst in the 7 days trip. Perhaps you can look at other restaurants in future.
The stay at Hotel Lobesa in Punakha was good too. The rooms are spacious and the hotel owner was very friendly and helpful. The view out of the hotel was very nice. The Wi-Fi was a bit intermittent, but it's a small issue.
The hotel Metta at Paro was good, no complaints. The food there was good, especially the Bak Kut Teh dish which they offered for an extra charge.
We must really compliment the guide and the driver. The guide, Phub Tshering was very friendly and accommodating. He is knowledgeable of the local customs and sights. When we requested visit to local farmhouses while we were in Paro, he even brought us to his family's farmhouse for a tour and we had our picnic lunch there.
The driver, Namgay was very patient and skilful while driving us on the long journeys in between the towns. Sometimes the journey are 3hours+ over the mountain passes and bad roads. It's quite tough to have to constantly drive all over the 7 days. As for the itinerary, perhaps a bit less on the Dzongs and monasteries might be good.
After the big Dzong in Punakha, the rest of the Dzongs seemed to be smaller duplicates of it. The monastery on the top of the mountain pass near Chele La was breath-taking, and so was the Tiger's Nest. In the end we told our guide to skip the rest of the Temples/Monasteries as we weren't that much into the religious stuff. We would be interested to see more stuff about the daily lives of Bhutanese, such as how they do their farming and their daily lives.
Eddie Chin