Bhutan's Eastern Districts Are So Remote Even Bhutanese Travellers Avoid These Roads

The road that earns the eastThe permit officer in Jakar will tell you the drive to Trashigang takes eight hours. He is being optimistic. The road east of Bumthang is paved in ambition and repaired in sections, and somewhere past Ura it becomes the kind of surface that makes you recalculate your relationship with your vehicle's suspension. This is not a warning. It is the first thing the east asks of you, whether you are willing to trade comfort for arrival.