Peljorling Hotel Samdrup Jongkhar

Got there on Sunday and that the day everything is closed... Monday it took to figure out what to do. Cultural Tourist's John agreed for a 2 days trek with a stay in village, but he was only going to start on Wednesday... got bored on Monday too and started missing Sahiem and flew back earlier than planned.<br><br>The best place to stay is Pinewood... LP recommended Hotel Boulevard over Pinewood but I think they have got it all wrong ... <br>

I love the Dominican republic we just got back<br>and it was fantastic. We stayed at this beautiful luxury villa in Cap Cana<br>called Villa de Cap Cana. It was amazing! We had a private pool and wonderful<br>ocean views. If that weren&#8217;t enough we were on the 14th hole of the Punta<br>Espada golf course. We can&#8217;t wait to go back. Check out the pictures at http://www.capcanavilla.net/ <br> <br>

Before heading back to Kalimpong, we stopped at the border of Bhutan. Bhutan is actually a closed country and costs about US $200 per day to get a visa to enter the country. The guard at the gate actually allowed each of us to step foot in Bhutan and take a picture. Then, we went around the corner and prayed at the gate for the country.

... moving so powerfully. We have been so humbled that God would use us to reveal His power and love to the people in this village. It is such a joy and a delight that God chooses to use us to reveal Himself to people throughout the world. Our God truly is the Healer, and He is still miraculously healing today.<br><br>I also want to share a few detailed stories as well. We met an elderly woman who accepted Jesus one month ago ...

Today, we took another jeep for about 5 hours with 11 people to RBB Village near the border of Bhutan. We will be leading a mini Discipleship Training School here for the next 3 days along with a few locals. We will be doing two and a half days of teachings with activity nights, and then outreach the final afternoon and night. We are all stoked about this opportunity.

... a splendid birds-eye view of the town. Photographers and nature lovers will delight in this beautiful town, and morning and evening walks up and down the hilly roads afford much pleasure. Stop for a cup of coffee at Flavours restaurant in Laitumkhrah and perhaps an American breakfast. Shillong has something for everyone and you will rediscover the peace of mind which you may have lost in the stress of living a fast paced modern day life.

The festival, not one of the more famous main religious ones but established by the government in the last few years, proved to be really compelling and attended by many locals, especially families all proudly wearing their costumes. The location in Jakar Dzong was also very atmospheric as the dancers whirled around in the sunshine (yes the weather was now perfect). There were also a couple of jokers ...

... really looking forward to a decent trek. At least we had enjoyed spectacular mountain treks in earlier countries. We finished up at Ugyen Choling, a fascinating old museum of a royal residence which had loads of well presented artefacts. We also stopped at a nice river waterfall called "burning lake" before returning to our hotel in Jakar.

... beautifully. The temples are different to those we saw in Tibet, which are much darker and full of pilgrims making offerings. In Bhutan there are fewer people but they are in much better condition and the paintings and statues are really colourful. We often discussed the similarities and differences with Tibet with Phub who educated us really well on Buddhism, though it remains really complex to us as there are so many images of the same deities. At least some of it makes sense now ...