tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post6916982938881001433..comments2024-03-11T16:52:26.540-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: Bhutan: rice harvest timejaninsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-83438422115972639392013-11-25T21:22:43.500-08:002013-11-25T21:22:43.500-08:00I loved seeing these pictures and thinking about t...I loved seeing these pictures and thinking about the lives of these people. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621439195920479957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-18131794190682129192013-11-25T07:25:32.824-08:002013-11-25T07:25:32.824-08:00Do they then have a wealthy class who suck up what...Do they then have a wealthy class who suck up what income there is? Their lifestyle, as you photographed it, reminds me of the Mongolians with the way parts of modern life have come but not enough income in their traditional raising of animals to support anything but minimal living. The beauty of such is great but hard to imagine living that way.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-35747077499903100752013-11-25T06:53:10.912-08:002013-11-25T06:53:10.912-08:00The two main sources of income (foreign exchange) ...The two main sources of income (foreign exchange) for Bhutan are 1) exporting hydro-electric power to India and 2) tourism. For all its beauty (and fresh air and clean water and hardscrabble people) this is a resource-poor little country. Bhutan can't afford the accoutrements of modernity. How people deal with that over time will probably determine how well it remains a cohesive society. After all, they see all the stuff on their ubiquitous TVs every day; they have electricity, so they see the rest of the world ...janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-7151503004117310452013-11-25T06:40:11.900-08:002013-11-25T06:40:11.900-08:00If they can't sell the rice and must import, w...If they can't sell the rice and must import, what is the main source of income in Bhutan?Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.com