With a prayer on my lips: It is a privilege to report on a Prime Minister’s maiden foreign visit and Bhutan is certainly on every Indian journalist’s bucket list. But for a queasy flyer, landing at Paro airport is a nightmare.

It doesn’t help that while nervous flyers like me are gripping the seat handles, excited tourists are clicking the sharp peaks visible at an arm’s distance from the plane window. Paro Airport is 1.5 miles above sea level and surrounded by sharp peaks up to 18,000 ft tall.