The true colors of Bhutan are woven in soil: Nine out of ten Bhutanese are farmers like Sonam Yudron, who lives near Lumitsawa, and most harvests are bright with chilies drying on rooftops. Sonam stores her rice in the shed and guards it round the clock; nearly 30 percent of Bhutan's crops are ruined by wild boars, deer, or monkeys.

—From "Bhutan: Kingdom in the Clouds," May 1991, National Geographic magazine