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A Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines Airbus A 319 -114 passenger jet prepares to land at the international airport in Bhutanese district of Paro, In the background is the Paro Dzong (the fortress of Paro). (Reuters/Singye Wangchuk)
A statue of Buddha, after a snowfall at Kuensel Phodrang in Thimphu, Bhutan, on January 1, 2011. (Reuters/Singye Wangchuk)
A Bhutanese man walks past prayer flags at Taktsang Monastery, also known as the Tiger's Nest, outside Paro, Bhutan. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A Bhutanese man walks over the traditional wooden bridge in Punakha. Five decades ago, Bhutan was a feudal, medieval place with no roads, proper schools or hospitals and scarcely any contact with the outside world. Today, education and health care free and life expectancy has risen to 66 years from less than 40. (Reuters/Singye Wangchuk)
The Paro Taktsang Palphug Buddhist monastery, also known as the Tiger's Nest, in the Paro district of Bhutan, viewed on October 16, 2011. The first temple was built on this cliffside location in 1692. (Reuters/Adrees Latif)
A man in Bhutanese national dress standing at the site of a sky burial looking towards the Paro valley, near the Chilela pass situated between the Bhutanese valleys of Paro and Haa. A Sky Burial is a traditional Tibetan funeral ritual, where the body is deliberately exposed to the elements, including birds of prey. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images
The former administrative center of Punakha Dzong, one of Bhutan's largest buildings, is seen in Punakha. (Reuters/Michael Smith)
A man prepares food near a small cat in Jityang village in Punakha, Bhutan (Reuters/Desmond Boylan)
Buddhist monks stand inside the complex of Tashichhodzong, also known as the "The Fortress of the Glorious Religion" in Bhutan's capital Thimphu. The Tashichhodzong was built by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1641. (Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri)
A boy reacts to the camera as he plays during recess at a school in Kamji village near the Indo-Bhutan border. (Reuters/Adnan Abidi)
Traditional paintings on part of a bridge overlooking the weekend market in the capital city of Thimphu, Bhutan, on August 20, 2011. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)
The Paro Taktsang Palphug Buddhist monastery, also known as the Tiger's Nest, nestled into a cliffside in Paro district, Bhutan, on October 16, 2011. (Reuters/Adrees Latif)
Traditionally dressed students of Yangchenphug higher secondary school wait to perform during the rehearsals for their annual concert in Thimphu. (Reuters/Singye Wangchuk)
Prayer flags on the Chilela pass, between the Bhutanese valleys of Paro and Haa. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images
A hilltop monastery in the Haa valley, Bhutan. Haa lies along the western border of the country and to the north is bounded by the Tibet autonomous region of China. This valley was closed to tourists as recently as 2002. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
Bhutanese musicians watch leaders arriving for the inauguration of the 16 th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in Thimpu, Bhutan (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
The Himalayan Mount Jomolhari -- or Chomolhari -- seen from the Chilela pass situated between the Bhutanese valleys of Paro and Haa, Straddling the border between the Yadong county of Tibet and the Paro district of Bhutan, Mount Jomolhari stands around 7, 350 meters tall and was first climbed by a five-man expedition led by British explorer Freddy Spencer Chapman in May 1937. As of 2010 the mountain has been ascended only six times due to access restrictions imposed by the Bhutanese government forbidding climbers on the mountain which is considered sacred. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
Novice monks at the Dechen Phrodrang Buddhist monastery look down from a hilltop in Bhutan's capital Thimphu, on October 12, 2011. (Reuters/Adrees Latif)
Monastic Life In Thimphu Bhutan - A novice monk looks out the window after hours of prayer waiting for class to be over at the Dechen Phodrang monastery. - Getty images
Monastic Life In Thimphu Bhutan- Tandin Dorji, 4, fixes his robes during class at the Dechen Phodrang monastery. - getty images
Monastic Life In Thimphu Bhutan - Getty images
Sangey, 6, reads during class at the Dechen Phodrang monastery, on October 18, 2011 in Thimphu, Bhutan. About 375 monks reside at the government run monastery that also doubles as a child care facility for under privileged and orphaned males. The monks average about 10 hours of study a day waking up at 5 am. Mahayana Buddhism is the state religion, although in the southern areas many citizens openly practice Hinduism. Monks join the monastery at six to nine years of age and according to tradition many families will send one son into the monkhood. They learn to read chhokey, the language of the ancient sacred texts, as well as Dzongkha and English. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
Monastic Life In Thimphu Bhutan - Novice Bhutanese monks Sangey, 6, Tenzin, 7, Tandin, 4, and Pembar, 10, rest after hours of prayer at the Dechen Phodrang monastery, on October 18, 2011 in Thimphu, Bhutan. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Monastic Life In Thimphu Bhutan - Monks eat dinner Getty images
Monastic Life In Thimphu Bhutan - A novice monk sleeps after hours of prayer waiting for class to be over. Getty images
Thimphu Bhutan
Punakha Bhutan
Paro Airport Bhutan
Bhutan's Monasteries
National Museum of Bhutan
School children react to a photographer through the window of their classroom in a school in Thimphu, Bhutan. (Reuters/Singye Wangchuk)
Bhutan’s School
Kids of Bhutan
Masked Dancer Bhutan Festival
Bhutan - Thimphu Weekend Market
Bridge - Bhutan
Bhutan - House
Bhutan - Hotel
Bhutanese design
Bhutanese shoemaker Tshering Tobgay makes traditional boots at a shop in the capital city of Thimphu, on August 23, 2011. The royal dress weavers are at work and excitement is building in Bhutan ahead of the royal wedding that will see the young king of the Himalayan nation wed in a fairy-tale ceremony. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images
A Bhutanese Buddhist Monk wears a mask as he prepares himself during a rehearsal for a dance to be performed during the wedding festivities of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and future Queen Jetsun Pema, in the capital of Thimphu, Bhutan, on October 11, 2011. The 31 yearold reformist monarch of the small Himalayan Kingdom was set to wed his commoner bride later in the week. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Bhutanese women wearing traditional costumes prepare to take part in a rehearsal ceremony ahead of the royal wedding of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in Thimphu, on October 11, 2011. (Reuters/Adrees Latif)
Bhutanese shopkeepers prepare a large banner of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and future Queen Jetsun Pema, before hanging it on their storefront in the capital of Thimphu, Bhutan, on October 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer
An elderly woman watches from a balcony in Bhutan's capital Thimphu, on October 12, 2011. (Reuters/Adrees Latif)
Ceremonial Dancers wait for His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck to come out of the wedding ceremony, on October 13, 2011, in Punakha, Bhutan. King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen of Bhutan Ashi Jetsun Pema Wangchuck wed in Bhutan's historic 17 th century Punakha Dzong the same venue that hosted the King's historical coronation ceremony in 2008. (Triston Yeo/Getty Images
Wedding day
Prakash Singh / AFP - Getty Images - King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and future queen Jetsun Pema stand together during their marriage ceremony in the main courtyard of the 17 th-century fortified monastery or dzong in Punakha on October 13.
King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, right, holds a young child as he greets locals with Queen Jetsun Pema during a celebration after they were married at the Punakha Dzong in Punakha, Bhutan, on October 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Residents line the streets to meet Bhutan's "Dragon King" and his new Queen in Bhutan's capital Thimphu, on October 14, 2011. (Reuters/Adrees Latif)
School girls holding Bhutan's national flags race down a hill to line-up with thousands of others gathered to see the King and Queen in Bhutan's capital of Thimphu, on October 14, 2011. (Reuters/Adrees Latif)
People watch the dancing during the wedding celebrations for King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema, on October 13, 2011 in Punakha, Bhutan. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
People wait on the main street for the arrival of the Royal Couple, on October 14, 2011 in Thimphu, Bhutan. (Triston Yeo /Getty Images
Guests and locals take part the final dance, or Tashi Labay, during wedding celebrations of Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema at the main stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan, on October 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, center, and Queen Jetsun Pema, behind him, dance the traditional final dance with guests at the main stadium, as part of their wedding celebrations in Thimphu, on October 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer
Marchang is offered by Gyalpoi Zimpoen to His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Her Majesty Queen Ashi Jetsun Pema Wangchuck at the Chang Lime Thang stadium, on October 15, 2011 in Thimphu. In this final day of wedding celebrations for the royal wedding, more than 50, 000 people turned up at the stadium with about 500 performers to entertain the guests. (Triston Yeo/Getty Images)
Buddhist monks perform a sacred dance during wedding celebrations of Bhutan's King and Queen at the main stadium in Thimphu, on October 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck kisses Queen Jetsun Pema in front of thousands of residents gathered for the third day of their wedding ceremony at the Changlimithang stadium in Bhutan's capital Thimphu, on October 15, 2011. (Reuters/Adrees Latif)
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema, who married Oct 13, arrived in India Sunday on a nine-day visit. The railways have extended the famed Indian hospitality to Bhutan's visiting royal couple by arranging a special luxury train for their honeymoon trip to Rajasthan. The royal couple will honeymoon in Rajasthan on the special train that will take them to its forts and palaces and its tiger sanctuaries. The Bhutan King had visited the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary last October and returned fascinated by the state's forts, forests and heritage hotels. Sources said Tuesday that following a request from the ministry of external affairs, the railways have provided a small train with a saloon -- a luxury coach with a bedroom, dining space and a pantry -- besides a few air-conditioned bogies to accommodate the security personnel and staff accompanying the royal couple.
Bhutan's Queen Jetsun Pema (L) watches as King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (C) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prior to a meeting in New Delhi on October 24, 2011. Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and his newlywed queen Jetsun Pema are on a nine-day state visit to India.
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (R) and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck arrive at the Imperial Palace for their welcoming ceremony in Tokyo November 16, 2011. Source: REUTERS
The king and queen of Bhutan are currently being hosted in Japan as state guests. – november 2011 – AFP photos
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck inspects an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo November 16, 2011. Source: REUTERS
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (R) and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck meet Japan's Empress Michiko (C) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo November 16, 2011. Source: REUTERS
The king and queen of Bhutan are currently being hosted in Japan as state guests. – november 2011 – AFP photos
A presentation by Nubia_group@yahoo. fr http: //Nubiagroup-powerpoint-collection. blogspot. com/ This presentation is made for Education and discovering and is for personnal use only Created by Nubia on 2011, november 18
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