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, […]
Nature News
We saw a white-bellied heron!
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, […]
Day 4 – Dochula Pass
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 […]
Tiger’s Nest
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 […]
The group arrives from Bangkok
The flight arrives on time from Bangkok. Benj and Kinlay greet the group wearing ghos, the traditional dress for men. After everyone gets their luggage, we head to the Paro Dzong – the spiritual and government center of the district. It was a beautiful day and everyone feels quite happy in this land of happiness. […]
