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Olathang Hotel Paro

Paro, Bhutan

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Paro: Climbing to the Tiger's Nest

A travel blog entry by lauraaradi

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Journey to the Tiger's Nest

The highlight of Paro was the hike to the Tiger's Nest (Taktsang Monastery), a monastery built into the side of a steep cliff high in the mountains. The only way to reach the Tiger's Nest is by foot or pack animal along a winding, worn dirt path strewn with animal feces and mud. To the Buddhists here, the Tiger' …

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Y ahora con tiempo....primero PARO !!!!

A travel blog entry by lucreciacharles

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... en cada cuadro en los altares de los monasterios y negocio donde entraramos.

Fuimos recibidas Liliana y yo con un cartel con el nombre de nuestra peregrinación: PUNDARIKA PILGRIMEGE. A pocos minutos de nuestro arribo el primer cartel insólito acerca del cigarillo. Es un país donde esta prohibido fumar y el turista que lo quiera hacer debe pagar U$S 40 como impuesto en la aduana y allá fue Lili a ...

Bhutan: Land of the Dragon

A travel blog entry by paulandton

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... a dangerous thing to do as at a certain moment these burning trees come falling down. Quite a spectacle to watch. The next day we also visited the festival and saw three different types of dances. Actually the dances are more or less the same it is the costumes and masks that change every dance. The costumes and masks are very elaborate and colorful but the dances are quite simple. It is these masks and costumes that tell the story of the dance. From the Bumthang valley ...

We start our exploration of Bhutan

A travel blog entry by diannemurray

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... the locals playing carron board - a bit like air-table hockey, with talcum powder to make the disks slide effortlessly. We continue in the rain along roads cut into the cliffs. Photograph a massive waterfall across the other side of the valley, then stop at the town of Wangkha, which has a hydro power dam, and a billboard extolling the beauties of Green Energy. Murray, in particular, finds this appropriate.

Past here we drop down to the river ...

Cultural, Spiritual and Trekking Highlights

A travel blog entry by janicetravel

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... to ensure they got in for the ceremonies). We finally got inside during the afternoon and made our way to a few seats way up high in the stands and weren't we shocked as the guards began to clear the row right in front of us to give safe passage for the King and Queen. They walked right in front of us and stopped to chat as we were dressed up in the local Bhutanese clothing (called GHO and KERA...more photos to follow). They commented how happy there were ...

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