What $100 buys in...BHUTAN
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, April, 2006 by Jessica Shaw
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$3 Fertility totem: Hold your giggling: Phalli are everywhere in Bhutan. Most people hang four of them on the eaves as soon as they move into a new house, believing the symbols will ward off evil spirits. And they're painted on the walls of many homes in order to promote fertility. Tshering Wanggmo, Store #59, Paro.
$3 Incense: As you'd expect in the world's only Buddhist kingdom (temples and monasteries outnumber hotels and restaurants), the aroma of incense is omnipresent. Dophu Doma General Shop, Store #14, Paro.
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$5 Stamps: Bhutan didn't enter into an international postal agreement until 1962, but since then, the country's postage stamps-often depicting animals, mountains, and monasteries-have become favorites of philatelists. The postmaster might try to sell you on a stamp album, but it's more fun to choose your favorite images. Bhutan Post Office, on the Paro town square. ...
