A long way to Trongsa

We’d decided to break the long road to Trongsa into two days’ of travel by spending a night and bits of two days in the Phobjika valley. After seeing the Gangtey Goemba, we set out on the road again. It was past noon and we had a long drive ahead of us. There is a…

Greek Buddhism

The story of Greek Buddhism seems to be largely forgotten except when events such as the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas hit the public’s consciousness. When The Family and I chased after a remnant of the neglected Indo-Greek cultures across a flooded river near Bhopal, I had not seen the magnificent schist statue of the…