Beneath Blossom Rain: Discovering Bhutan on the Toughest by Kevin Grange

By Kevin Grange

In a distant country hidden within the Himalayas, there's a path stated to be the hardest trek within the world—twenty-four days, 216 miles, 11 mountain passes, and adequate ghost tales to scare an exorcist.

In 2007 Kevin Grange made up our minds to acquaint himself with the rustic of Bhutan via taking over this notorious path, the Snowman Trek. He used to be thirty-three, at a turning element in existence, and figured tips on how to pass at a crossroad was once up. opposed to a backdrop of Buddhist monasteries and hovering mountains, Grange ventured past the mapped global to go to time-lost villages and sacred valleys. within the procedure, acknowledged right here with a mix of laugh-out-loud humor, heartfelt perception, and acute remark, he verified the boundaries of actual persistence, met a desirable collection of characters, and came upon truths approximately religion, desire, and the shrouded mystery of blossom rain.

Beneath Blossom Rain, Grange’s account of his trip, packs an experience tale, a romantic twist, and a party of workforce go back and forth right into a unmarried exciting e-book. the result's the last word trip for any tourist, armchair or differently. in addition to excessive experience, it can provide an enticing examine Bhutan—a state that governs through a coverage of Gross nationwide Happiness and that many regard because the final Shangri-La.

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