1st_week_cultural_trip Photo Gallery by Markus Eichenberger at pbase.com

1st_week_cultural_trip | 2nd_week_trekking | 3rd_week_festivals

First View of the mountains out of the plane	ARRIVED !!!	View from the Village Lodge Hotel in Paro	It is the farm house in the middle, which was converted	my room in the Village Lodge Hotel
Luxury bathroom !	My tour guide Namgay	it is me, soaked up with water	The Tiger's Nest lies on rock high up in the mountain	The Tiger's Nest is in the district of Paro
Clearing up after rain	Very fascinating plants on trees	River on the way back from Tiger's Nest	ARCHERY, THE NATIONAL SPORT, TARGET 140 METERS AWAY !!!	Dragon Fly having a rest
It finally clears up	One can see rice fields everywhere	and lots of flowers	Finally blue sky !	It is only possible to walk to the Hotel
Inside Paro Dzong, which means Fortress in English	Monks discussing in the Dzong	Sending SMS !	Posing for my camera	Modern Communication is allowed...
Namgay with Tour Guide Colleague	Bored Monks	Guarding the entrance	Young monk	Posing with two monks of the Dzong
Fish Eye View of the Dzong	Nice face	also modern communication	Having issue to discuss	Wheel of Life
In a farmhouse close to our hotel	Old gentlemen enjoying the dqy	Rice fields next to the farm	After having butter teas	Chillis are dried on rooftops
Rice Fields in Paro	View from the rooftop of a farmhouse	Prayerflags on Chelala Pass	and with me	a nun from Kila Nunnery
Meeting with the Lama	and with the nuns	the Kila Nunnery is high up in the mountains	in the rocks	Selling chillis on the way to Thimphu
Iron Bridge made hundreds of years ago	one can see it on the way to Thimphu	Gate to Thimphu Province	beautiful traditional houses all over Bhutan	Stupa in Thimphu
Visiting a handycraft school in Thimphu	Interesting Spelling mistake on the word concentration	Students learn how to weave	or sculpturing	National Symbol of Bhutan, the dragon !
Inside a farmhouse museum with Namgay	On top of a hill around Thimphu	View over Thimphu	At least 20 meters high Buddha Statue	on a hill in Thimphu (similar to the Big Buddha in HK)
Beautiful girl living near Thimphu Zoo	it was her day off school	and I had a chance to take photos of her	cheeky look	Inside Thimphu Dzong (Fortress)
which is full of monks and Admin Officers	Thimphu Dzong at night	together with Namgay's two daughters	enjoying the great food and playing games	great company !
the whole family !	Selling apples along the road to Punakha	Temple on the way to Punakha	Mural painting in the temple	108 stupas on the pass to Punakha
and with me...	the weather got definitely better...	Selling fruits and vegetables	AND as always chillis, the national dish of Bhutanese	Cute boy playing with coins
Rice fields everywhere, nearly ready for harvest	Encounter with two girls on the way to fertility temple	and another chilli drying rooftop	Temple of Fertility prayer wheels	Beautiful tree next to the temple
and another photo of it	and even more chillis, sorry about that... :-)	beautiful yellowish rice fields	Punakha Dzong (Fortress)	it is considered the most beautiful one
it is where all kings have been crowned	and where the Royal Wedding takes place	Paintings of deities and Buddha everywhere	beautiful details of door knobs	Small original temple next to the Punakha Dzong
the sky is the limit...	View from the bridge leading to the Dzong	the bridge was reconstructed by a Swiss architect...	Evening light at the Dzong	Evening light at the Dzong
Sunrise in Punakha over rice fields	Chorten (my driver) and our car	dried Yak meat, very tasty	Chorten on the way to Trongsa	Prayer Flags near the Chorten
Waterfall on the way to Trongsa	Cute Nepali girl in Trongsa	living next to our hotel	Sunset over Trongsa	Sunset over Trongsa

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