Peter Steele at his home in Hillcrest. Steele and his family returned to the Kingdom of Bhutan this year to recreate a journey they made 43 years ago.
…….The last time Judith Steele was in Bhutan, a raven stole her soother.
Forty-three years later, the Yukon day-home operator returned to the country to have tea with Princess Ashi-Tashi.
The princess is 86 years old now, but remembers Judith’s father Peter Steele bringing his young family to her country to study goitre in 1967.
At the time, Peter was a doctor in London, and his boss treated the third king of Bhutan, who had a heart condition.
To repay him, the king invited both men to his sequestered country. Continue reading Back to Bhutan after 43 years