You cannot fly direct to Bhutan: every route in transits Bangkok, Delhi or Singapore, with baggage re-checks and weather-prone connections at Paro. One regional eSIM keeps you online at the stopover and the moment you land — no airport SIM queue eating your first hours of daylight.
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Turn on data roaming in your phone settings when you arrive.
This plan covers Bhutan on the same data balance as the three transit hubs that feed it — Bangkok, Delhi and Singapore — so you are connected at your layover and again when your Drukair flight touches down at Paro. That matters here: Paro is a small, single-valley airport where lines build fast, and a long layover (planned or weather-forced) is part of almost every Bhutan trip. Install before you fly, switch on Data Roaming on arrival, and you land ready for maps on the winding 90-minute drive to Thimphu, your hotel details, and the trail notes for the Tiger’s Nest. The same eSIM covers 30+ more countries in Asia. One note on the Delhi route: if your bags aren’t checked through to Paro you must clear Indian immigration to collect them, which needs a pre-arranged Indian e-Visa — sort that before you leave home. Data-only: keep your home number in the phone for calls.
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