" Bhutan does seem a bit unreal at times. Hardly anybody in the U.S. knows where it is. I have friends who still think the entire country is a figment of my imagination. When I was getting ready to move there, and I told people I was going to work in Bhutan, they'd inevitably ask, " Where's Butane?" It is near Africa," I'd answer, to throw them off the trail. " It's where all the disposable lighters come from." They'd nod in understanding. "