Bhutan - Himalayan Paradise

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Day 1:- Just before Paro Airport, you see the mighty Himalaya and Everest Range.
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Day 1 :- landed to Paro Airport in the afternoon. One of the most scneatic Airpo
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After Paro, We had to Go to the Capital City Thimphu which is approx 1 hour driv
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Day 1;- After Check-in , our first Destination was Changangkha Lhakhang, the old
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After the temple, we headed towards Under Construction Buddha Point....Beautiful
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Buddha Dordenma statue is one of the largest statue of Buddha in the world (51.5
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Blessing From Buddha
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Beautiful Thimphu Valley in the background
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Buddha Point is at Hilltop with 270 degree open view...Very Windy....We had a go
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Day 2 :- In the Morning we headed towards Motithang Takin Preserve in Thimphu, a
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Takin - Bhutan National Animal...Takin is belived to a hybrid Animal with Face o
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There is a trekking ground through which you get to see the preserve ..
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You get plenty of parachute Flowers.....Adya enjoyed blowing them....
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Our Backup Cameraman for the trip....
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Later We headed towards Famous Zilukha Nunnery
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In the background We can see the palace (really tiny compared to Rajasthan) of R
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Photo-shoot with the palace in the background
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Daye 2:- Next Stop was School of Arts and crafts where students learn 13 differ
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Students engaged in learning different Arts....you can buy them (if you can affo
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handmade paper mill was our next stop in Thimphu..Bhutanese feel proud in preser
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Thimphu in the background
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Last stop for the day was Simply Bhutan museum. You can see how the Bhutanese us
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We were also offered Butter Tea...Bhutan has tradition to welcome the guests by
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Day 3 :- From Thimphu we headed to Punakha , Old capital City of Bhutan. Approx
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Day 3 :- We had to cross the famous Dochula pass (3100mts) , the most beautiful
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We stopped for an hour at the top....the valley was covered from Cloud and reall
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Had short photo session at Dochula Pass....
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A Buddhist Tourist group worshiping 108 Stupa
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Stupa in background. Stupa holds great significance in Buddhism religion and you
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There was a famous Druk Wangyel Cafe at the pass. We enjoyed Butter tea ....Awes
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After Reaching Punakha we headed towards Chimi Lhakhang, situated on a hillock i
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There was some trekking though Paddy fields to reach this temple...Weather was s
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Happy to Walk......
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Amazing Landscape
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You will find Prayer Flags across all Monastery, Roadside and temples. Prayer fl
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We will also find Prayer Wheels almost everywhere which has again deep religious
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Parting Shot to the temple
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Punakha Chu....not very deep...but current was high....inviting for Rafting....
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White sand and making of small palace in Bhutan...
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In the evening reached to the Resort..End of Day 3..
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Day 4 :- We had a long day to cover the attractions of Punakha. Camera was fully
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Day 4:- Our first stop was Sangchhen Dorji Lhuendrup Lhakhang nunnery: Perched o
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A religious Ceremony was going on....One Stupa was being built ..
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The temple houses a 14-foot main bronze statue of Avalokiteshvara (Chenrigzig ch
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Some Photo Break
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Majestic Punakha
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Family Photo
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Taking Blessing from Prayer Wheel
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Nuns were very happy and Adya made few friends there..
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White Stupa at the Centre...With fully enlighten we left for the next stop
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We stopped for a picnic spot near the Punakha river
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Jump Jump ....
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Father Daughter Moment..
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We walked through Bhutan's lonest Cantilever bridge..400 Meter long....it was sw
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Post Lunch we headed towards Punakha Dzong..It is also called Pungtang Dechen Ph
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The Dzong is located at the confluence of the Pho Chhu (father) and Mo Chhu (mot
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The Dzong hosts the monk Bodies who move to Thimphu during the summer.
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Dzong has giant Wheel of Life which has great significance in Budhisim.It repres
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Day 5 :- We had to go to Paro From Punakha which is almost 4 hour Drive. We had
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One more round of Photo Session at Dochula Pass near 108 Stupa....You cant ignor
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It was really cold at the top (Almost 3100 Mt)
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Kudos to our Young Photographer....
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One more..
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Temple/Resort (?)at the background
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Getting some peace of Mind....
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So we also tried :P
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This is Paro Airport. A bird eye view from Paro Hill....Awesome......
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You can see Snow-Capped Mountain in the background.
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Day 5 :- Our First stop in Paro.Ta Dzong, originally built as Watchtower, which
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Paro Valley from the Museum
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Group Photo of the travel group who was with us for the whole trip. We had gone
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First was Joenpa Legso - Traditional welcome Dance
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These guys were awesome with the musical instruments
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Next we saw Zhunggdra dance. This genre is original form of singing in Bhutan an
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What followed next was mask Dance (Shatsam) .
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One more mask Dance (NGA-GING) . All Mask Dance in Bhutan originated with the ne
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Lastly we had Laya Dance (Ringula Zida)
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And we also joined..
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As a return gift..some Bollywood Steps :)
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Adya with the young dancers...It was followed by a lovely dinner...End of Day 5.
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Day 6 :- It was the day reserved for excursion to Taktshang Monastery (approx 5
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It is one of the most famous of Bhutan’s monasteries, perched on the side of a c
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In the background you can see Apple tree ...Paro is full of Apple tree and what
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There is a famous Taktsang Cafeteria mid-way which we reached after 1.5 hour of
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The Zoomed view of Tiger's nest from the café. Post Earthquake we decided to ret
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A customary departure shot from the café with Tiger's nest in the background. Ma
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In the evening we tried local Bhutanes dress.Men wear the Gho, a knee-length rob
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Royal Bhutan Family :P
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We also tried the national Game of Bhutan - Archery
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Adya also learnt....
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Aim...
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The Princess ..
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Bye Bye Bhutan......We headed towards Hotel as Next day we had early morning fli
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Day 7 :- At paro Airport....the Journey ended...But Memory will last forever.Bh

One week Tour to Bhutan - Land of Gross National Happiness

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