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Misty Mountain Hop
The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is as beautiful as it is remote, but its first ultra-deluxe resort could open the country to a new kind of traveler. Gueorgui Pinkhassov explores the still unspoiled land

The Kingdom of the Divine
Bhutan has everything except sublime luxury. A high-end travel company plans to change that—but is its arrival a blessing or a curse?

Before the Boom
Gwadar is little more than a sleepy seaside village today, but its residents hope a nascent deepwater port could transform it into an economic dynamo. Asim Rafiqui explores Pakistan's dream city

PHOTOGRAPH FOR TIME BY GUEORGUI PINKHASSOV—MAGNUM PHOTOS

ONE OF A KIND: The recently finished Amankora resort in Paro heralds a new kind of tourism in changeless Bhutan

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FROM THE JULY 26 — AUGUST 2, 2004 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED MONDAY, JULY 19, 2004