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Visiting a Paper factory in Thimphu
Paper making by hand literally
No mechanization - everything is done by hand
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Neighbor furniture manufacturer nearby the pulp mill
City of Thimphu
Young female workers lifiting the wood pulp
Lifting by hand female workers
Name of the paper company
These were heavy pales of wood pulp. I tired to carry a bale a distance and it was dead weight.
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Young boys going home after school. Note their uniforms.
A Toyota car show next to the hotel in the square. I saw none of these cars on the streets.
Hotel Thimphu Tower next to the square
Bhutanese citizens looking onto the square studing the new Toyotas and listening to the music
Local business on the main street in Thimphu, The capital of Bhutan
More businesses
The only traffic circle in the country and a policeman directing traffic in the country. Remember there are no traffic lights in the entire country of Bhutan.
View of the main street
Notice the wild dogs laying on the corner. Thousands and thousands of dogs roam free day and night. All night they bark and run. Day time they sleep. I made it my job to wake them all up in the day time as they kept me awake at night running in packs and packs of dogs barking all night long.

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