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.”
有时候在旅途中，能获得精神的体验是件爽事，就如同时时提醒自己旅游是多么妙不可言。穿行于不丹东西向公路(Bhutan’s East-West Highway)时，我曾深刻感悟。这条硬质路面的公路宛如一条细彩带蜿蜒穿行于东喜马拉雅山脉间。翻过海拔3390米高的佩勒拉山口(Pele La pass)，在曲折蜿蜒的下坡路上飞驰了大约30分钟后，突然看见几只大鸟在高高的暖热气流上空来回盘旋，“这是兀鹫！”骑行在身后的导游法布•策林(Phub Tshering)大声喊道。“肯定有人死了。”