Bhutan Edition
World Safe Crossing Day leads today's complete edition for Bhutan.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for roads, crosswalks, signals, ferry landings, station platforms, and the care people owe one another in motion.
Canadian Halloween is American Halloween with colder weather. The costumes are the same but the coats go over them. The little ninja who spent an hour on his mask is now a ninja in a parka and nobody can tell who he is. The pillowcase full of candy will last until November 10. The candy tax levied by parents is real and it is not optional.
The Haa Valley, opened to tourists only in 2002, remains one of Bhutan's least visited and most beautiful regions. Haa is famous for its potatoes, its wheat, and its people who speak a dialect so distinct that other Bhutanese struggle to understand it. The Haa Summer Festival is when the valley shows off its culture, and the yak rides are as terrifying as they are short.
