Punk godfather (god, he must hate that, but he did sing for Black Flag and the woefully underappreciated Rollins Band) Henry Rollins travels. A lot. He also writes. A lot. Some of his recent traveling and writing has been all about Asia.

He was recently in Tibet, and you’ll find an excerpt from his online journal after the jump. He’s now been to Paro, Bhutan, and has written about that as well. Always worth a quick read. (more…)

Strange. Just the other day, they did this, and now they’ve done this (left).

In a nutshell, the Bing homepage of April 3 included this photo and links to info about the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan.

For more on the country, I highly recommend Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon, available from my alma mater, Wisdom Publications. It’s an oversize book of text and truly gorgeous photos — the next best thing to being there, for reals.

You can order it directly from Wisdom, here.

Just heard about a special report on CNN, airing this weekend:

“Go inside the world of Buddhism with Christiane Amanpour. In the fight for freedom and democracy, their weapon is peace. They are ‘Buddha’s Warriors,’ Saturday & Sunday, 8 p.m. ET.”

Mark yr calendars! (Here‘s the schedule, by the way.)

Check out this article about how Bhutan — the land of “Gross National Happiness” — is trying to “Preserve Bhutan’s Traditions as Youth Embrace Western Styles.”