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Do you ever get some silent callings from certain places, beckoning for your visit? Ever since I had a wild idea to travel to the mysterious Bhutan, and I really went, I have not been able to forget Bhutan ever since. Bhutan in December – A Winter Unlike Others In the winter months from December till February, the temperature in Bhutan dips to the lowest. It was mid-December when I first travelled to Bhutan with Druk Asia – December already the mildest winter month among them three. I was glad we chose those dates (earlier I was in Japan to see Mount Fuji), because Bhutan gave me a deep impression ( and thousands of photos to edit ) from that near-perfect-weather trip. It’s all dramatic mountains of Bhutan.. Never have I seen mountains like Bhutan’s. Paro Airport’s carpark Paro Airport We arrived at dawn, already feeling the nerves having previewed the mountain peaks that surrounded our tiny selves. As our vehicle wove through the winding roads from Paro to T...

My favorite kind of adventure stories don’t feature daring escapes from wild animals or treks into distant jungles. I am more drawn to ordinary people who take risks to follow their dreams, and if those dreams involve a few lovable dogs, all the better. Shirley Harman lives with a pack of seven dogs, and in 2016, at the age of 58, she embarked on a remarkable journey with Tina, a nine-year-old mixed-breed terrier, and Lyssa, an 85-pound German Shepherd. First, they drove 3,500 miles from California to the Canadian/Vermont border. Then, they trekked 275 miles on the Vermont Long Trail from the northern border to Massachusetts. The Long Trail is America’s oldest long-distance hiking path and was completed in 1930.  Shirley began her trek on September 2, 2016, and spent three weeks putting one foot in front of the other, through quintessential New England mud, torrential rain, and glorious autumn sunshine, and then spent the next two years writing about her adventure. He...