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Rice fields from this village

Burning fields. There is already enough smoke in the air from the fires in India and they add more.

My room at the Cottages overlooking the river

Tashi hugging a tree..

Rhododendron

Ghembo our driver in Bhutan

Stopping for lunch outside of Paro

It is hard work in the rice fields

Monk feeding the stray dogs that bark all night at Kyichu Lhakhang Monastery

Elderly pilgrims constantly spinning the many prayer wheels at the Monastery

Kyichu Lhakhang reportedly built in AD 659, makes it one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Bhutan. It is believed to hold many spiritual treasures within the walls.

The tiny white speck in the middle of the photo near the top is Tigers Nest one of my Bucket list items for years.

Tigers Nest or Paro Taktsang is a prominent Himalayan sacred site and the temple complex. It is located cliffside of the upper Paro Valley in Bhutan.

Beginning of the trail at the bottom of the mountain

Part way up the mountain we see images of Tigers Nest.

Tigers Nest is perched seemingly impossibly on a cliff 3,000 feet above the valley. The Valley is 7,330 feet above sea level. Taktsang is a place of pilgrimage for locals and for visitors like us, a hike to the viewpoint opposite the monastery is thrill and mystical.

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