Relaxing in Punakha

The next few days were spent in Punakha. Here we did some short hikes through villages and rice fields. Saw some more famous temples and monasteries, and got to spend some time wandering through town. Here Jordan and I got some beetle nuts to try. It's a sort of stimulant/drug that everyone chews. It's taste isn't bad but you have to constantly spit this red goo which makes for a most unpleasant site. Upside is that it made me feel like I had 10 cups of coffee and an enjoyable body high. Downside is that if you chew it a lot it stains your teeth brown and causes some incurable stomach disease.