Villagers are all hard at work as rice planting is currently in full swing. Every now and then small settlements dot the hillsides: a clearing in the forest where the slope is cultivated into terraces for agriculture with a cluster of stone and wood houses. Forested mountains stretch for as far as the eye can see, their conical peaks piercing the fluffy white clouds in the bright blue sky. Yet another breathtaking view is revealed at every turn. These roads hug the hillsides with steep rocky cliffs towering above on one side, and sheer drops to the valley floor on the other. We drove at no more than 50km/hr along single lane roads that zig-zag up and down mountains. There were 4 of us on this expedition: a senior planner, a graduate architect, our expert office driver and myself. I travelled with my colleagues from the Ministry of Works and Human Settlements to a couple of remote villages to undertake site assessments and discuss planning for future development.
Last week I had the privilege of journeying deep into the heart of Bhutan.
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