you think animals are sentient? i think pain is pain. if you don t respond to that, there s something seriously wrong with you. it s very buddhist of you, i think. look, when i worked in cape cod, my job is to load this steamer with lobsters, and they don t scream. but you know you hear them scratching against it. i have dreams i m in a sauna and i look through the window and there s a giant lobster like, you know, a bib with a chef on it, you know. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la sha la la la bhutan, a remote, relatively rarely visited kingdom of myth and legend, high in the himalayas, known as land of the thunder dragon. one of the reasons it s not on the tourist trail is it s hard to get to. flying in, you hang on to your seat as the plane negotiates some alarming maneuvers through narrow mountain passes, befo
it has a rapidly growing population of 100,000, as bhutanese have begun the inevitable move away from a rural agrarian lifestyle. tourism was only allowed starting in the 1970s. the amount of foreign visitors each year is strictly limited to protect bhutan s culture and environment. there are no starbucks, no kfcs, no king or clown. basically, they don t want you to come here, at least on mass. watch your head. you all right? wow. what do you think of the altitude? i m here because of this guy, my friend, the film director darren aronofsky, fresh off the unjustifiably horrified reaction to what i think is his masterpiece, mother. but i know you ve studied the effects of high altitude, you know, your blood gets thicker
located between india and tibet, bhutan, about the size of switzerland, is caught between the old world and the new. thimphu is bhutan s capital and largest city. it has a rapidly growing population of 100,000 as bhutanese have begun the inevitable move away from a rural agrarian lifestyle. tourism was only allowed starting in the 1970s. the amount of foreign visitors each year is strictly limited to protect bhutan s culture and environment. there are no starbucks, no kfcs, no king or clown. basically, they don t want you