The culture is best appreciated through the arts and food that the locals lovingly share with their visitors... but this culture sits in an uneasy truce with encroaching modernity in the form of resorts, golf courses, and malls sprouting up all over.

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For years, Bhutan deliberately isolated itself from the outside world and has only recently opened its borders to visitors. In Bhutan the Buddhist culture is integrated into every aspect of daily life, and those fortunate enough to visit describe it as a unique, deeply spiritual and mystical experience.