Attend a tshechu festival in Bhutan

Vast traditional reed dance ceremony.

Huge highland tribal gathering.

Second only to Rio: weeks of sequinned parades, the election of the Carnival Queen and street parties that run until dawn.

The Caribbean's biggest carnival.

Cliffside Paro Taktsang monastery hike.

Majestic riverside fortress-monastery.

Pass of 108 chortens and Himalaya views.

The dzong at the meeting of two rivers, the old winter capital, with jacaranda in spring.