You Know You Are in Bhutan When: Part 2

• You find out the only pharmacy in Thimpu carries one size Band-Aid, so you don't have high hopes that they will have Benadryl for your full body rash. Happy scratching!
•  The school you work at is also the permanent residence of stray, adorable puppies.
• Your student runs into your classroom to proudly show you the rat he caught in a waste basket
• You are crouched over with your mini, twig-broom and dustpan sweeping up bugs off your living room floor, 40% of which are still alive and living in the wood of your wooden house.  Also a treat finding bug eggs next to the head of your bed.
• You check out a man in a dress (aka gho).
• You are eating traditional, local cereal.  You bite down on a rock, spit it out, and continue eating.
• You can look at the license plate of a car, and know who it belongs to; diplomat,  police officer, of even the King (his plate says BHUTAN).
• You can go to jail if you are smoking cigarettes that have entered the country illegally.
• You are doing a traditional Nepali dance in a kira.
• Holding your ears and doing frog jumps for extended periods of time does not count as corporal punishment.
• You have invented more hot water drinks than are found on a Starbucks menu, because hot water is clean water
• Instead of saying "slug bug" and punching the person next to you, you are saying "chillip in a kira"
•  You hear small voices yelling “Hello” from 50 yards away, and the children at the park call you “Aunt”.
• The kamikaze pigeons begin flying their crazy circles in the Himalayan winds.
• Teaching the game Red Light, Green Light is potentially a “splinter skill” that leads to nothing, because some kids may never see a stoplight.
• You are looking down at the city at night and you can only hear dogs and running water.  Not a car in sight.
• The sun sets behind the mountain range transitioning the city from light to dark in moments.  You sleep, then wake up to silence and warm sunshine... perfect.