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WE LIVED WITH A LOCAL FAMILY IN BHUTAN (life in a rural village)

Apr 09, 2020
In case you missed our last video, let me quickly catch you up yesterday. We flew from Bangladesh to our 98th country, Bhutan, Paro. The main airport is one of the most dangerous in the world and we had the best seat in the house to watch the crazy approach through the himalayas after landing we drove three hours east to the city of punaka and that's where the video of today, so every foreigner who visits a futon has to have a tour guide, but that doesn't mean everyone has to follow the same tourist path. We told our guy that we wanted the most authentic experience possible, we didn't want to be treated like tourists, we wanted the

local

experience and he really took it to heart, so tonight, instead of sleeping in a fancy hotel like this, He invited us to stay. with his

family

in the town where he grew up, but first, the second largest and second oldest fortress in the country is just down the mountain from our hotel, so let's go check it out.
we lived with a local family in bhutan life in a rural village
This is not pleasant, how are you? Hello hello. Nice to meet you, that

local

man was running across the bridge, he said he had things to do, he had to go let his cow out, run some errands, his whole face was smiling and he had like five teeth, he was the cutest man , that's how it is. Pretty, what are you eating chili? She is eating a chili alone. Okay, actually this is known as punah zong, the place where the first king was crowned and this would be the winter resistance of the monk's body. We stopped at this place. restaurant for lunch on the way to town I'm going to try some new things, so this is the cows stomach, the dried fish, spinach with cheese and this is delicious pop, we asked for a local experience and we are getting local experience. so chopsa, yeah, okay, sour milk, it tastes like very runny yogurt.
we lived with a local family in bhutan life in a rural village

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Okay, let's go for the stomach, here we go. The texture of the cow stomach is interesting a little slimy a little slippery but a little spongy on the outside very spicy this texture on the outside is very interesting I have never eaten anything like this and the inside is also a bit rib-like it is difficult to taste the meat itself because the spice is so strong that you have to accompany it with a little yogurt, this has probably been the spiciest meal of my

life

. Taiwan told us that all these foods are made for locals, not a foreigner's mouth, and we survived.
we lived with a local family in bhutan life in a rural village
I had to blow my nose several times. We are also the slowest eaters at the group handwashing station outside. I love this. Want? look at the cutest thing ever yes oh my gosh more puppies I need to lead my hand so I can go come on kara look he's playing with his mom's tail I don't want to leave him we're headed to town but we've made it a quick stop to pick up some beetle nuts because we don't want to arrive empty-handed apparently they love this stuff you like to wrap it in a leaf and you chew it like chewing tobacco thanks, we're getting close There are so many friendly people when you said town, I was expecting small houses, they are incredible.
we lived with a local family in bhutan life in a rural village
We arrived at our house to spend the night. Our guide, the town of Tae Wong, where he grew up. Nate is already getting into local

life

. Here, come, please, take care of yourself. of my pair of arrows and the bull, the men of the

village

were playing archer when we got here, so we're joining me and Kenley are apparently the two worst, so they're splitting us into separate teams. I have a bad feeling about this. You're still waiting I thought we were shooting here No way That's over a hundred meters away You saw that dust right in front of the target I never would have thought it was possible to even get an arrow up there I can't even see the arrow when it hits the target this is a madness, it was in the general direction I feel like we should get the dogs out of the way no, okay, well, too far, it's like a very distant version of horseshoe. for being 145 meters away and only being about 10 meters from the target, I think it's pretty good.
My first arrow fell into the abyss. It wasn't a good first impression. I shot the arrow down the mountain. Can you imagine growing up in this town? 360 views of The mountain is so quiet up here, how do you look? I was actually pretty close. Wow, Nate, yeah, that's what you do every time you hit the target. Yes, okay, we have distributed our gifts. I think we are welcome to the town now. and now Taiwan is going to show me how they use this machine to separate the rice from the stalk. Yes, it's your turn. Be careful everyone, this is a lot of rice.
Yes, all this has been done today. Oh yeah, starting in the morning, so after walking around everything. town and see what it's like to live here, see what they do as work every step of the way to make rice, it's clear that the people here are very happy and work very hard, but I also noticed that it's pretty much just the older generation and The really Apparently, the young generation most of the children grow up and go away to get educated and it's kind of the reality of the current era. It's a little sad to think about what could happen to this

village

in the future, but for now it's really amazing to see it with pride.
I can say that this is what the real Bhutan looks like. Now we head to the house where Taiwan grew up to see what her mother is doing, so most traditional houses in Bhutan have three levels, the bottom level is typically for the animals. the middle level is for storage and the third level which is where we are now is the living room so I'm currently in the kitchen and the walls are black from the fires where they cooked here and I assume fires are burning. to heat too, so it's actually intentional that they let the smoke fill the house, it covers the rafters with a black soot and prevents it from decomposing, thus making your house last longer.
We keep hearing about this butter tea we're finally getting. to try it and you just try it there we go, I'm doing it yeah, your hands are moving like you're starting a fire, she can sit down, take a break, the pace is okay, but you need some power, your hands are sliding towards below. I know this is hard, okay, so let me show you one more. The first thing we offer our guests when someone walks into your home is tea and I'm so excited we finally get to try it. Oh wow, that's it. it's like a comfort food but it's a comfort drink and we watched her make this from scratch with the butter that they made at home with the rice that they also grew outside and made.
I mean, this is an amazing experience, a lot of hard work. has been dedicated to just this little snack, we haven't even started on dinner, we're still just documenting this in case I throw up outside, later we sat and peeled beetles at night and now I'm chewing on my first, not at all this country. and in the other countries in the surrounding region you will see a lot of people with red teeth, it almost looks like their mouth is bleeding and that is from chewing the beetle nut, when you mix it with this leaf and lime, that is what really turns it red .
I'm eating one, if it's a little bitter, I'll have a little more lime like this, right on my tongue, oh yeah, yeah, it's almost like adding salt to food, it just brings out the flavor. The water has been drained. Well, our dinner. It is ready and this is a special dish that mothers prepare for their children when they return home. It's made with egg butter and cheese and I'm honored that she cooked it for us. It looks super warm and delicious, perfect for this cold night and then the pork is called dried pork and it is exactly what it sounds like, they cut the pork into strips, hang it up and dry it in the wind and of course, There are some giant red chilies there, traditionally the mothers serve and pass.
Thanks, so how do you eat it? Okay, so take it. You make it look so easy. Basically, you make a spoonful of rice. so it's tight, yeah, yeah, and then take it out and then take a bite. The cheese is so fresh it was made yesterday. It's almost like Bhutan's version of delicious macaroni and cheese. We finished dinner and moved on to the homemade wine. It's fermented buckwheat that we just boiled and now it's pureeing with hot sauce. This is our bed for tonight. They actually have a proper bed downstairs, but we insist on sleeping like the rest of the

family

, so we got a mattress here. which is a couple of inches thick lying on the floor we even have the traditional rice husk pillow which weighs about 20 pounds and is hard as a rock when we asked for the real pillows they gave them to us as a backrest it is traditional for you to sleep the whole family. in the same room so this is like the living room our bed is in this corner and then the rest of the no I'm just kidding it's like the brothers and sisters have moved in so there is enough space in the house so that everyone has their own room but traditionally we would sleep here with the whole family we are going to finish the night what a crazy day okay good night for breakfast we are going to have some leftovers from last night and a new white rice that is more typical for breakfast time is much stickier so it's easier for us to eat and the most delicious chili face, normally we like to try local food because it's an experience but here it's not necessarily delicious it's both so last night I played too long to archery and it was It was dark when we reached the house so we couldn't give them a proper tour so we will do it now in each and every house so that they have a room that will be used to perform rituals.
It's like having your own temple. The inside of your house is incredibly beautiful, so this is where mom and dad slept last night. This was our room. They said we couldn't do it with the rice husk pillows, but we did it all night. Now we are in the kitchen where we spend most of it. from our time last night this is stove number one, they started two fires here and then cooked everything on top of the stove. This is an oven where they keep this pot of water boiling pretty much constantly and it's so that the room stays moist and you don't get too dry and hurt your nose and growth and here's the bathroom, you go here and then once you've finished, you fill this bucket and then this is how you flush.
Taiwan told me when I was very young before they had a septic tank they would keep the pigs on the bottom floor under the toilet so when you went to the bathroom you said hello pigs go and then they took care of it this is where you keep your pigs Animals, yes, the only reason we keep our animals on the ground first, since the heat they generate warms the entire house. I used to sleep on the top bunk. Whoa, mom, wait a minute. Wow, that was violent, so you met the cat. Okay, something like this, the house is fine.
The door is done, I'm about to melt my first cow, she's coming out, yeah, oh wow, that's getting a little harder, this is great, is she unhappy? Kara actually impressed me too so have you ever had a milk like straight from the cow like straight into your mouth no oh god I don't think I can do that I'll probably squirt it all over my face when I was a boy, please forgive her, are you ready for this mom? I'm really scared, okay, squeeze it. I can't get it to come out anymore, oh there it goes, I think I need a new nipple this way, this is too heavy, no, just follow them.
Okay, I'm going to eat a lot of rice. I will say that I think Kerry fell short. At the end of the day I am a woman who comes to this town. Yesterday I had to play goalkeeper and she milked a cow and carried poop. I need some shoulder pads. Hard and serious work. How many baskets do you carry? And meanwhile, this is what kids are. By doing so, the reason they are carrying poop, hey, don't bite me, is because all the rice fields here are actually organic, so they are using the poop to fertilize the fields so the cows can poop in the shed. or in the field where women go.
They pick it up, they put it in a big pile, they dry it and then when it's dry, they take it and spread it over the rice fields and that helps the rice grow. There's your lesson, which is awesome, so everyone who comes to Baton Gosh, I already do it. Yesterday I landed on the scariest runway in the world. Haven't I made enough birds? Please help me, when we're not here, they play like this, they're too funny, oh no, oh no, damn it's okay, I should have stopped while I was. Go ahead, no, it's okay, you did a great job, thank you, wait, yeah, hey, I knew it was her intention for her to no longer wear her traditional dress.
Okay, I'm just into the way calves walk like puppies.

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