The result, a mild tasting cheese that melts in the mouth, rivals any Alpine produce that I've tasted. Before we devour our own cheese wheel, it is time to head back to Paro. The hotel here is the newest we stay in. But tourist accommodations throughout Bhutan, whether lodges or small hotels, tend to be relatively comfortable as well as colorful. Wooden ceilings are often adorned with Buddhist paintings and walls hung with hand-woven tapestries.
Hotel bathrooms have modern plumbing but often leaky pipes and no hot water or toilet paper.
And electricity is often spotty, but candles are always provided. Robert Holmes Dzong, or fortress, in Trongsa. The food usually is the highlight of our inn stays. For effete Western palates, the spices in restaurant food tend to be dulled down. But for the real thing, ask for ema datse.