Bhutan

In this corner of the world, inaccessible until 1960, suspended between heaven and earth, in this ethereal Himalayan retreat, the only spoken language, the only known idiom is that which leads to happiness. Bhutan is the country of GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness), a principle that permeates every action, guides every thought, equates every person. A philosophy of life, a collective “feeling”, an inner need: the welfare of the individual is the true goal of this mythical Shangri-La, where flowering valleys, lush green forests, placid terraced hills boxed between a mosaic of rice fields whose natural perfection welcomes the traveler looking for proposals that satisfy a much more than the eye. Here, all round, where the highest peaks of the world peep out, is where spirit dwells.