Only in Bhutan

                                                will i ride in an ambulance to the airport

             
                on the way, stop at thangtong gyalpo's monastery outside paro, next to the highway

  

       

            follow keith across a bridge made of the original iron chains forged by thangtong gyalpo

hike a short path up to the monastery, only to be greeted by a vicious snarling teeth baring dog at the top

luckily, the ambulance driver accompanies us, fending the insane dog off with a small branch torn from a bush. the caretaker of the monastery opens a giant wooden door and leads us inside to the shrine room, then up two flights of seemingly ancient wooden ladder type stairs, up to yet another shrine room whereupon we are blessed with thangtong gyalpo's wish fulfilling walking stick. back outside, the caretaker's wife gives us tiny oranges from the tree in the courtyard. where else but in bhutan could all this happen on the way to the airport!?