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1 Keep those flight socks. RECOMMENDED

Reading
Those fuzzy socks you get on the
plane? Keep them in your purse when
you are out and about, as you may be Married to Bhutan: How One Woman
required to remove your shoes to enter Got Lost. Said “I Do.”
certain shrines and temples (and local And Found Bliss.
homes). The socks are easy to slip on, by Linda Leaming (Memoir, Bhutan)
and will keep your feet clean.
Flame Tree, A Novel of
2 Sort of solo in Bhutan. by Keith Dahlberg (Fiction, Burma)
Modern Burma

Though you can plan your own
Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
adventure and fly into Bhutan alone, First They Killed My Father: A
once you get there, the government by Loung Ung (Memoir, Cambodia)
requires all visitors (other than citizens One Child: The Story of China’s Most
of India, Bangladesh, or Maldives) to be Radical Experiment
accompanied by an authorized local by Mei Fong (Nonfiction, China)
tour guide. It’s part of the government’s
e ort to limit mass tourism in order White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga (Fiction, India)
to protect and preserve the country’s
natural environment and unique Kyoto: A Cultural and
culture. So you really can’t travel here Literary History
totally alone. by John Dougill (History, Japan)
Editor’s Note: You can explore Bhutan in Escaping the Tiger
a solo-friendly, small group with O.A.T. by Laura Manivong (Fiction, Laos)
And while your adventure will include House of Snow: An Anthology of the
a lot of small group activities, you’ll Greatest Writing About Nepal
also have plenty of opportunities for (Essays, Nepal)
individual discovery and the freedom
to personalize your experience. Sightseeing
by Rattawut Lapcharoensap (Short
3 currency quirk. Stories, Thailand)
Know this Cambodian
The Sympathizer

Even though the currency unit here is by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Fiction, Vietnam)
the riel, in reality it is usually only used
for small purchases. The most widely used currency is U.S. dollars. Prices are usually
quoted in dollars, too, so that makes things easy. However, U.S. coins are not widely
used. So if you are owed change it will be given to you in riel. If you are going shopping
in a local market, try to have some riel on hand, so you can pay for small goods in
exact change or round your purchases up and not lose money.
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