Afterword

ThimphuTech was the first technology blog in Bhutan. We started writing it in 2009, just as broadband and mobile internet started to take off. (Although internet in Bhutan was launched in 1999, it was either super-slow or super-expensive, and was only used by a selected few).

In the blog, we wrote about technology and food, but also about plenty of other stuff. The blog became popular and influential in Bhutan. A companion bi-weekly column -- Ask Boaz -- was published for many years in the Kuensel, Bhutan's national newspaper. (The complete Kuensel columns are available as an ebook, Blogging with Dragons).

We stopped updating the blog when we left Bhutan in 2014, but the information within the posts can still prove useful, and thus we decided to keep it online.

We thank all our readers.
Tashi Delek,
Boaz & Galit.

Free WiFi

The following establishments offer free WiFi.
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Paro
  •  Tshernyoen's Cafe (next to Bhutan Telecom). 
Thimphu
  • Ambient Cafe (opposite PNB Bank). Open Tuesday to Sunday from 9am to 9pm.
  • Art Cafe (Next to the Swiss bakery)
  • Cafe Italia 
  • Hotel Tandin (Norzin Lam, near Logar cinema) 
  • Karma's Coffee (above Zangthopelri Complex, peach-colored building). 
  • Om Cafe (Jojo's building) 
  • The Zone (Opposite the Stadium)

Note: Since broadband usage in Bhutan is charged by the amount of data transferred, the connections are often password-protected to prevent abuse. Request the code from the owner. Please use the connections gently (i.e.., avoid downloading movies, audio and YouTube videos, as well as long Skype calls).
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