CORRESPONDENCE

To,

The Editor,

Himalayan Journal

Dear Mr Kapadia,

Thanks a lot for the Himalayan Journal Volume 62. It arrived here in Hanoi (via Denmark)!

Thanks a lot for the very nice words written on my book.

Small remark: in the review it says that ‘…would make many Indians envious (trekking in Bhutan is very expensive and restrictive),’  I believe that Indians don’t have to pay the daily tourist tax; and I would also say that there are no restrictions. Restrictions in Bhutan used to be like only so many tourists per year but that is not the case anymore. Well, restriction now is actually the amount of seats on their flights coming in and out of Bhutan.

Besides the fact that Indians don’t have to pay the daily tourist tax for travelling in Bhutan I do have to agree that trekking is not cheap in Bhutan. Even when we lived there and I did a lot myself it is still expensive to hire pack animals and a small kitchen staff if you want.

It is always very interesting to have a Himalayan Journal in your hands. I read them from cover to cover.  I happen to have copies of Volume 1 to 12 and then a couple more from later. Great references.

I could read that you have been through Bhutan recently.

Tashi Delek, hope to meet you once in the beautiful Himalayas or at the Himalayan Club Centre in Mumbai

Bart Jordans 

Hanoi, Vietnam