Archive for April 20th, 2004

e-Postcard from The Kingdom of Bhutan

Tuesday, April 20th, 2004

April 20, 2004  e-Postcard from The Kingdom of Bhutan  The archer slowly drew back his arrow, his hands steady, the bamboo bow distorted into a widemouthed sideways U. Unlike modern compound bows, which actually get easier to pull the farther you draw back the string, this traditional Bhutanese bamboo bow grew ever harder to ...