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John Wehrheim

John Wehrheim lives in Lihue, Hawaii, and has published two books, Taylor Camp and Bhutan: Hidden Lands of Happiness. His image on this month’s cover is of a farmer in Wainiha Valley on the Kauai island of Hawaii.

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Bhutan

The Last Himalayan Kingdom

Bhutan is the final outpost of the rapidly disappearing Tantric Buddhist culture that once guarded the Roof of the World. Tibet, Ladakh, Mustang, and Sikkim have all fallen to conquest or cultural and economic colonialism, while Bhutan — never conquered, never colonized — remains the last jewel in Buddhism’s Himalayan crown.

June 2021