The kingdom of Bhutan is nestled in the Himalayas between India and the Tibetan region of China. It is situated in the eastern Himalayan region, bordered by Tibet in the North Indian state of Sikkim in the west Arunachal Pradesh in the east and Bengal and Assam in the south, Secluded for centuries from its neighbors due to its inaccessiblility a visit to Bhutan is much like a journey backwards through time, to a mystical place untouched by the ravages of mankind's progress the Last Shangri - La.