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We spent a day roaming around in Thimphu since that is the capital of Bhutan. We also met up with Ms Kencho from the travel agency where we had booked our trek with. We tried the local Bhutanese dish of chillies and cheese which was to be eaten as a vegetable dish. It was indeed spicy! A visit to the Thimphu library was a must to see the world’s largest book, so large that the librarian flips the page only once a month. It was a book with compilations of photos of Bhutan.   Back in P...

All most all the places in Bhutan is being blessed by the great Buddhism masters especially the Guru Rinpochhe...one who did spread Buddhism in eight century...there are several ancient pilgrimage sites and even today it is kept preserved... besides the 70% forest cover is another attraction for the tourists ...with reach and vibrant culture in practice

Bhutan is a small Himalayan Kingdom nestled in the lapses of Eastern Himalaya. It has remained closed to the out side world for a century soley of mountains, swift flowing rivers, thick jungles and so on. But to day Bhutan remains known to the out side world as the Last Himalayan Shangrila.... Bhutan has become a hot global spot for most of the endangered species of Flora and fauna. Tourism is a booming business and inflow of tourist is ascending year after year.

Nailed to the rock of truth, grafted into the tree of knowledge, C I James left us a great little tale of wisdom. A big dog saw a little dog chasing its tail and asked, 'why are you chasing your tail so?' Said the puppy, 'I have mastered philosophy, ..

Bhutan is one of the most beautiful place for the trekkers. There are lots of trekking including the toughest trek in the world..that is snow man trek.. Bhutan has been a trekker's paradise and many foreigners prefer to come to Bhutan for trekking in spring and autumn season... you will find some of the pictures of Druk path trek including the lakes on the way to paro. so enjoy the photographs of trekking nature

One of the smallest and quietest capital cities I've ever seen.  Has a mountain retreat feel to it.  I use the only internet cafe in town and learn that the internet only came to the country a few years ago.

After breakfast at the hotel, Kemcho and Tashi picked us up for the long drive out of Phobjikha Valley and back to the capital of Thimphu. Our itinerary had us stopping at the Gangtey Temple which is currently under renovation and inaccessible.  We did at least stop at the site above the pretty valley and snap some photos of the temple with the deserted valley and mountains in the background.  Since Kemsho re-opened up last night, Cindy finally got the nerve to ask about the abundan...

My father planned this trip so that we would have the opportunity to see one of the Tsechus (religious festival) at a Dzong (city fortress).  Three words: riot of color.  The fortresses are not historical buildings- they are still used in everyday life.  And the people of Bhutan are not dressed up in their traditional finery for the day- they wear these garments all the time (because of some rather strict rules governing their lives). Thimphu is the capital of Bhutan- and...

The focus has been made to Punakha Dzong and the bridge you see is completed recently. The fortress was built in 17th century and it is one of most beautiful and biggest fortress in Bhutan.

Day 2 was spent watching the last day of the Tshechu festival in the Tashichodzong. Translated means we saw the last day of a hella cool festival in one of the largest temples in Bhutan. The festival was amazing and was full of traditional dances and costumes. Apparently the dancers are in trances when they are performing which seemed pretty true, especially for the skeleton dance. This is where we spent all morning and a good portion of the afternoon. As the festival was nearing I headed off...