Jill Worrall's first trip to the east of Bhutan was nearly also her last...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and actor Leonardo DiCaprio are an unlikely pairing of figureheads in the fight to save the tiger.

Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said that "the judgement in itself is a message to Pakistan that they should not export terror to India."

Bhutan's fertile landscape provides a seasonally-shifting array of botanical wonders... many of which offer picturesque grazing opportunities for the local herds of yak.

The Bhutanese tradition of blessing people with large wooden phalluses has apparently proved remarkably successful in promoting fertility.

Life might be a little tense in the households of some of Bhutan's first democratically-elected government ministers.

Today I was blessed by a monk wielding a large wooden phallus. Apparently this Bhutanese blessing has proved remarkably successful in promoting fertility.

Bhutan's elderly devout Buddhists don't have to worry about a 30-minute-a-day exercise regime, writes Jill Worrall.

The Paro dzong is a whitewashed 17th century fortress - the first courtyard is the secular realm, the second is the domain of the monks.

Fritz Maurer came to Bhutan from Switzerland more than 40 years ago to make cheese.

The Down Under Discotech in downtown Jakar hosts the Banga Dance Request and Karaoke Show every weekend.

Over many years of travel to Bhutan I've walked past Punakha dzong several times, driven past it on even more occasions but yesterday was the first time I've floated past it.

I've just come from an archery tournament - a friendly match that was being fuelled by a generous quantity of beer which, combined with high-tech carbon-fibre bows and arrows being fired down a 145m long range, seems somewhat risky.