National Museum Paro

... but much cleaner !!! Once through customs, our man was awaiting us. He took us straight to the old watchtower which is now the National Museum. The items inside were ok, but I prefered the building. It was round and over six stories in height. The only ...

... And the programme began immediately with a very typical sight in Bhutan: the Paro Dzong (ancient fortress turned administration plus monastery). Bhutan's national museum in the Dzong's former watchtower has an interesting collection of historic artifacts ...

... mein Koch, ein Assistent, ein Pferdefuehrer (spaeter Yakfuehrer) und 8 Pferde. Eine kleine Expedition:-) Ausserdem gibt es in Paro das National Museum, ist aber nicht so toll, das Gebaeude (der Wachturm des Dzong) ist allerdings recht interessant (as ...

... butter tea and rice snacks - freshly made from the new rice harvest. Then we went up to the National Museum, housed in the Watchtower on the hill above Paro Dzong, followed by a trip into the Dzong itself. We were then taken back into the town for a ...

... the roadside in their dapper, tunic-like robes. There is an old watchtower, above the Rinpung (Paro) Dzong or monastery, that houses the National Museum. The round watchtower was first constructed in 1645, then converted to the National Museum in 1968, ...

... for the inhabitants of the house.  It seems a strange thing to see on the wall of a house in Bhutan, but there you are!! The National Museum was quite large and had some really interesting stuff - thangka hangings from the last 4 centuries, ...

... back to the hotel to take a nap (Hey, remember we got up at 3:30 am). After our nap, we went to the National Museum of Bhutan.  My favorite part of the museum was the extensive stamp collection.  Bhutan has been issuing stamps since 1962 - a ...

... Buddhist cultures, relics and ancient statues, robes, bones, and even rocks are very important historical items. Our next stop was the national museum, which is housed in an ancient fort or Dzong (more on the Dzong's later). Here we got a ...

... so we dried off at the Gangtey Palace Hotel where we stayed before. After lunch and a short visit to the very good national museum we drove the 2 hours to Thimpu, which is big by Bhutanese standards but still everything is built in the traditional ...

... we felt like VIPs as we were really spoiled with so much attention. Some of the other sites we visited were the National Museum, Punaka Dzong, a few NGOs to see what assistance is given to those Bhutanese in need, Royal Botanical Gardens, we watched ...