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In Bhutan, one learns to relax and enjoy the moment. A calming breath can also help. As the bus rounded the corner, everyone gasped. I was in the back so had to stand to see what caused the exclamation. Well, we were in mountainous country with potential for landslides. Fortunately, a road crew caused this one so a large backhoe was already on site. A short … [Read more...] about Going with the flow

Everyone enjoyed the camping/hot spring excursion! We drove about five hours along the Mo Chuu river to 7800 feet. Along the way, we purchased freshly harvested rice and visited two farms where we got fresh guavas, oranges and mushrooms. The camp was set when we arrived. It was luxury camping with tasty food, evening fire, hot springs along the river, and … [Read more...] about Hot springs and luxury camping!

Today we had great success and saw a juvenile white-bellied heron. There are only 26 in the country! This cute young man serenaded us. You can see the Po Chu River in the background. Most of the herons live in this area. Everyone saw this majestic bird and we celebrated by walking the suspension bridge, a great lunch, visit to the Khemsum Temple, and now a … [Read more...] about We saw a white-bellied heron!

We left Paro to travel east to wilder parts of Bhutan. We spent the night in Dochula Pass - home of 108 temples (chortens). The eldest wife of the fourth king built this temple, Dochula Lankang, in honor of her husband and all of his accomplishments. It is one of the newer temples we have visited which was quite apparent by the artistry. Tomorrow we seek … [Read more...] about Day 4 – Dochula Pass

Yesterday we hiked to the sacred Tiger's Nest. This high mountain monastery is located above Paro and the belief is Guru Rinpoche rode a dakini tigress into Bhutan in the 15th century. He brought Buddhism to the country and today all Bhutanese hike to the Tiger's Nest at least once in there lifetime. Everyone did great! We depart this morning for Dochula … [Read more...] about Tiger’s Nest