In the town square, known as Gotopony, this friendly general store has just about everything you may need or have recently run out of.
Sonam Rinzin Tshongkhang
Bhutan
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More humble abode than stately palace, this is where the third king of Bhutan, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, was born in 1928. It's off-limits to visitors.