"He describes Bhutan as 'calm, blue sky, clean air, mountains. We're the only carbon neutral country in the world.' Not sure what that means, but I figure it's like maybe easier to breathe there than in the Holland Tunnel."
"It's also valleys. Fortresses. Everyone speaks English. Americans are our No. 1 source of overseas tourists. You should come," he says.
"We don't have presidents, we have a king. Many countries depose kings so they can have democracy. Bhutan did it the other way around - the king insisted we become a democracy."
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