Our first destination in Bhutan is Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan. We met our tour guide Caiwang and the driver Simgee after checking in.

Thimphu is the largest city in Bhutan, populated around 110,000 people, including the Royal family.

When we were heading to Thimphu, Singee stopped the shuttle suddenly. We were wondering why he waited until the cars from opposite sided passed through despite we were originally ahead of them.

Caiwang said “Oh, the Bhutan’s queen is just passed by."
“What!!?" We are shocked. “How do you know that is the queen’s car ?"
“From the Licence."

He was not surprised by bumping into the royal family. The royal family is seemingly the true family member of the citizens. I am very honored to experience such a magical moment for meeting the Majesty.

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小巴離開機場，往我們第一個遊覽的城市廷布出發。

廷布在1955年起成為不丹首都，也是不丹最大的城市，人口目前大約有十一萬，當中包括王室成員。

不丹各個城市之間的道路鋪設得十分平坦，道路雖窄，但小巴行駛時亦沒有半分顛簸，頗為舒適。司機Simgee 忽然將車子往路邊停靠，等對面的幾輛房車駛過。中間那台黑色房車中的人似乎穿得顏色鮮艷，應該是一些政府官員吧 ?

導遊 Caiwang忽道:「剛剛皇后的車駛過了。」
我們不禁大驚:「哎呀！沒看清楚！」「你怎麼知道那個是皇后 ?」
他笑笑:「車牌上可以看得出來。*」

在路邊工作的村民抬頭望望，又繼續幹活，似乎是司空見慣的事。由此可見，不丹皇室親民的形象。

現在回想，原來我和不丹皇后也曾有過這麼近的距離。

* 在不丹，只有皇室成員才可以使用以「BHUTAN」開頭的車牌號碼。