Tag: Bhutan
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Bhutan – Tiger’s Nest Hike
This was the last full day of our trip and was incredible good timing – both for being able to get l used to walking at altitude, but also as a highlight conclusion to our week’s tour. None of us knew how hard or easy it would be but we were determined to give it…
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Bhutan – Nunnery, Gantey Monastery and hike to the Black Necked Crane area.
An early start out of Punakha towards Gantey and the Pojikha Valley. We called at the Sangchhen Dorji Lhakhan Nunnery outside of Punakha. What an exhilarating location, at the top of the mountain, on the end he between two valleys. If I was to be a nun, there would be a good place to be…
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Bhutan – Punakha Day 2 Path to Paradise
Or so Bijay said. But he wasn’t far wrong! Idyllic walk through the paddy fields and then a bit of a climb up to a wonderful temple on the top of the hill. The view was amazing both on the way up and once up there. We stopped for guava twice! Afterwards we took a…
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Bhutan – Punakha – I have a new musical instrument to play!
Honestly I’ve had the most amazing day. I have loads of pics of the dochla pass, the divine madman’s village and the temple (see below) and the wonderful dzong at Punakha. However the part I enjoyed the most was inside the temple when the monks were chanting and then playing their instruments. I have no…
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Bhutan – 2nd day in Thimphu
We started the day by visiting one of the largest Buddha images in the world. – the Buddha Dordenma statue. We admired the wonderful view and had some fun with the camera… This temple is beautifully decorated inside and out although photos are not allowed on the inside. We then hiked to the next temple.…
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Bhutan – Story of Tshring who owns the Thimphu Towers hotel
Passion – empowerment – motivation No sooner had we arrived at the Thimphu Towers, we were welcomed by a super passionate woman, the owner Tshring (no surname). She immediately said “I’m so pleased to see you, six women together. I support the empowerment of women”. It sounded like it was just words but boy was…
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Bhutan – day 1
An early start for us today as we met at the airport for a 4.30am check in. In fact we queued a long time to check in and realised that was because everything was checked and weighed (including hand luggage) and visas were copied and double checked. Our flight went via Kolkata and gave a…
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Bhutan – schedule, weather and packing.
We have 8 days starting in Thimpu, moving to Punakha, then Gantey and finally Paro. We will be enjoying the following things:/places There are many short and optionally longer hikes built in to the programme. Today, temperatures in Thimpu seem to be 5 to 11C, in Punakha -3 to 4, and in Paro 4 to…
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Bhutan planning
It’s been planned for quite a long time but suddenly the trip is just 2 weeks away. The temperatures look a little cooler than anticipated and I’m starting to think about practicalities such as clothes, packing, money etc. I’m having my group round for drinks next weekend so hopefully we can all share our top…
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