Crossing Bhutan

Feb 5, 2016

1h 0m

★ 0.0

A human-powered journey through the land of gross national happiness

Overview

Bhutan is known as the last Himalayan Buddhist Kingdom and one of the happiest places on earth. 'Crossing Bhutan' tells the story of four veteran athletes and their journey to explore Bhutan’s enigmatic policy of Gross National Happiness by making the first 485-mile, border-to-border crossing of this isolated kingdom entirely by foot and bike.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Bowery Hills Entertainment

Expedition Bhutan

Crossing Bhutan Trailers

Cast

Herself / Narrator

Imogen Heap

Himself

Tony Lillios

Herself

Terri Schneider

Himself

David Kelly

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Greg Thomas

Himself

Tshering Tobgay

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