Somewhere in Bangalore, June of 2016 . . .
Lee: See this photograph, it's called the Tiger's Nest. It's in my bucket-list of places to visit and I
really want to go there this year.
Me: The place looks unreal. Is September ok with you?
Lee: Yeah should be ok.
Fast forward to September that year . . .
Lee: It looks so far away . . . my fever is worse than ever. I don't know if I will be able to do this.
Me: We will reach there no matter what and as long as it takes. I see people taking ponies here, do you think you want one?
Lee: No. I will do this on my own.
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The evening we decided on the Bhutan trip we had only been dating for a few weeks. So, obviously doing a ten day trip to a different country was a significant step in terms of relationships. But, we tried to not look at it that way. Bhutan is a beautiful country, which is easily accessible for us Indians and is cosily nestled in the Himalayan foothills, and I have been wanted to visit the place for some time. And for Lee, visiting the magical site of the Tiger's Nest was one of her life's goals. Thus, a plan was conceived. We were all set to spend ten days in Bhutan, a place which by all accounts is a real world Shangri-la.
But a few days before we were about to leave, Lee caught a bad bout of flu.
