Hotel Shamling Mongar
Mongar, Bhutan
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Mongar
De rit Bumthang - Mongar duurt 7 uur, dus keek er in eerste instantie niet echt naar uit om zo lang in de auto te zitten. Maar doordat je zo lang in de auto zit, vallen de verschillen in de natuur wel zeer goed op:
Eerst kom je voorbij allemaal dennebomen waar de meeste meer dan 30 meter hoog zijn (begin hier uw kerstboom maar eens uit te kiezen). En deze ochtend was er totaal geen mist dus kon je heel goed de bergen op de achtergrond zien. Naar goede gewoonte was er ook een ...
En Route to Mongar... Wellcome to this Hotail!
The road from Bumthang to Mongar is long, high and tall. We drove through a huge forest of Rhododendron before we crossed the Thumsingla Pass, at 3800 metres.I tried a small sprint at the top and my pulse raced to 200 in 30 seconds flat. Altitudes ain't no joke!
Afterwards, it was straight down, almost. Steep and curvy roads. ...
The King and I parts 2 and 3
... br> Off we went down the hill only to meet a convey of cars....the king was almost ready to leave to visit more people who had been affected by the earthquake in October. We walked quickly past but a few mins later the convey started to move. We stopped and waited by the side of the road. King's car came along and we gave him a wave. He waved back probably thinking what the heck are they doing here again!
Once the convey was gone the bus arrived and we ...
Crikey - I've met the king of Bhutan!
... a chat. Crikey!
After instructions about where we must stand and do (or not do) we waited. He was in Mongar would be here in an hour. Lunch was delayed there was no way we would be missing this.
There were buddhist monks in the roof acting as look ours - finally they got up put on headdresses and unfurled flags and banners..his majesty was here! We were ushered into a line reminded again firmly absolutely no photos and we waited some ...
Festival time
As we had got up nice and early we manged to reached Mongar in time for the last afternoon of the festival.
Lots of people there. They are held in the courtyard of the dzong. Found a place, sat down and enjoyed. Felt completely under dressed as everyone wears their best clothes at a festival
A small photo impression of the dancing and festival
Check out aids awareness banner in the first one......they do things with humour in Bhutan!
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