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Ongelooflijk mooi Bhutan
... worden voor commerciële doeleinden. Alleen voor het bouwen van huizen en dit hout wordt ook meteen weer teruggeplant. Het gevolg is dat Bhutan één groot bos is. Om te zorgen dat er geen hout meer gekapt wordt voor kachels en koken wordt ieder huis van elektriciteit voorzien, hoe afgelegen het ook ligt.
- Voor de rokers die dit lezen en denken, dat is een leuk land om een keer te bezoeken. Roken is verboden, overal. Sigaretten en tabak moeten bij ...
Bhutan: Land of the Dragon
... and beautifully decorated windows. On this trip we have visited several of these Dzongs but I won’t bother you with all the names and differences between these Dzongs. In Paro we also visited one of the oldest temples in Bhutan the Kyichu Lhakhang. This is one of the 108 temples that were built in one day by Songten Gampo in the 7th century to subdue the demoness that was wandering around. The temples are built on the joints of this demoness and the two that ...
We start our exploration of Bhutan
... Buddha. Features include a rock with an indentation. You close your eyes and lunge forward to place a thumb in this indentation. Those with good meditation skills can pot it every time. Another feature is a trapdoor leading to a deep shaft into which the devoted throw money. The major feature of the site was the sheer ambition required to undertake the construction.
The last climb up to the monastery was pretty rugged at about 3000 m elevation, ...
Royal Wedding Day in Shangri-La
... 2008 and is still only in his mid-50’s married four sisters, all referred to as queen), princesses, in-laws and even the 4th king himself, heading towards one pre-ceremony or another in a local monastery or to one of the various royal villas in the valley.
The wedding ceremony itself as well as the many very traditional Buddhist rituals necessary for the marriage of a king, took place from dawn onwards within the depths of the dzong and out ...
At the end of every hike
... Buddhist monk who introduced Tantric Buddhism to Bhutan and is considered to be the second Buddha. The festivities take place in one of the courtyards of the Dzong under the watchful eye of the country’s religious head attended by a large coterie of monks and lamas. It’s an opportunity for family gatherings and an excuse for people from outlying villages to come into Thimpu. Everyone dresses in their finest clothes and with thousands of people packed into the courtyard, ...


