The Tiger’s Nest Monastery.
View from a monastery.
Very typical Bhutanese dish. Hot chilies in a cheese sauce.
Typical Bhutanese food (for tourists, at least).
Typical Bhutanese farmhouse were we spent the night.
Typical Bhutanese cantilevered bridge design.
Trucks in Bhutan.
This is the national highway. It’s only 1.5 lanes wide and there’s no guard rail.
Thimpu, the capital. There are no stop lights here (or anywhere else in the country).
That’s a 300-year-old raw silk kira I just bought from these people.
Punakha Dzong.
Punakha Dzong.
Part of an annual festival at the local temple.
Paro Dzong.
The lobby of the Zhiwa Ling hotel in Paro.
On Dochula Pass with the Eastern Himalayas in the background.
Learning how to put on a traditional gho.
Laundry day at the monastery.
Ladies in traditional kiras.
It’s a two hour hike straight up to get there.
Happy Halloween from Bhutan!
Happy Halloween from Bhutan!
A fire ceremony.
Chilis drying on a roof.
Entrance to a government building.
The highest mountain pass in Bhutan.
Checking email at the hotel.
Archery is MUCH harder than it looks.
An appearance on the Bhutan Broadcasting System
A lot of hiking. Yes, I hike.