Sometimes on the road it is good to have an out-of-body experience, just as a reminder of how extraordinary travel can be. I had one such moment on Bhutan’s East-West Highway, a thin ribbon of hardtop that doodles its way across the eastern Himalayas. We’d just topped the 3,390m Pele La pass, and were about 30 minutes into a long, twisting descent, when I saw half a dozen huge birds riding the thermals high above. “Griffon vultures,” shouted our guide Phub Tshering from behind. “Something must have died.”
有時候在旅途中，能獲得精神的體驗是件爽事，就如同時時提醒自己旅遊是多麼妙不可言。穿行於不丹東西向公路(Bhutan’s East-West Highway)時，我曾深刻感悟。這條硬質路面的公路宛如一條細彩帶蜿蜒穿行於東喜馬拉雅山脈間。翻過海拔3390米高的佩勒拉山口(Pele La pass)，在曲折蜿蜒的下坡路上飛馳了大約30分鐘後，突然看見幾只大鳥在高高的暖熱氣流上空來回盤旋，「這是兀鷲！」騎行在身後的導遊法布•策林(Phub Tshering)大聲喊道。「肯定有人死了。」