Tag: Punakha
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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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