Today, we visited Taktstang or Tiger’s Nest in Paro, Bhutan. It is the most important and famous monastery in all of Bhutan. The area where present day Tiger’s Nest stands was only a small temple where Guru Rinpoche meditated...
Botanical Ark – Heaven on Earth (in Australia)
Well, this is a very belated blog post about a little corner of the planet that might as well be Eden. Possibly the passage of time, including traveling across polluted China for almost a month, makes our memories of...
Bhutan Photo Blog (Punakha)
Punakha, Bhutan Photo Blog Dochula Pass – about 1/3 of our drive into a 3-hour trip to Punakha from Thimphu, we stopped at Dochu La where there are 108 stupas to honor the 108 good deeds of the Buddha. The...
Bhutan Photo Blog (Thimphu)
Given that we will be in Bhutan for almost two weeks, we thought we’d break out the photos by the towns and experiences we will be having. These are a few of our photos flying into Paro, which was...