Shongar Lodge Mongar
Mongar, Bhutan
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Mongar
... prayer flags terug te vinden op de hoogste pas die we moesten passeren. De symboliek nagelaten, het is een machtig zicht om al die vlaggen te zien wapperen met dat op de achtergrond.
Tijdens het rijden, kwam er ineens een vreemd geluid van onder de auto en ik dacht dat we iets geraakt hadden of zo, maar hier leggen ze blijkbaar bamboe stokken op de weg zodat de autos die kunnen platrijden en ze daarna makkelijker er iets mee kunnen maken. Had dat toch graag geweten voor ...
En Route to Mongar... Wellcome to this Hotail!
... hid the steep fall to our right, but we knew it was there. Luckily we had the mountain side our way, going down. Scary enough.
Just as we reached the bottom of the mountain, we caught up with the roadworks. For hours we waited. Walked up and down. Ate the banana chips, fried in very poor oil. Some say it tasted ok, other ...
The King and I parts 2 and 3
... on. We then followed the king's convey for a while. There were many people waiting at the side of the road to see him. He would stop and see if they were ok, needed anything and maybe give out gifts, money if it was needed. If someone was ill he would immediately call his medical team over and the process of getting help and treatment would be started.
Eventually we stopped stalking the king - he went one way and we went the other.....and had ...
Crikey - I've met the king of Bhutan!
... br> Lots of people walked up the stairs and then there he was his majesty. He is tall and quite good looking (but not as good looking as my guide I've just been told to say....funnily enough by our guide:-)),single in case anyone's interested. He stopped, greeted us and asked what we were doing, where we from etc. This gave us a chance to say how much we were enjoying Bhutan and what a wonderful country it was. After explaining why he was here - he was in ...
Touring in Bumthang
... poorest people of the country, and reduce the extravagant wealth of the richest, and he did this with a land reform which set a maximum number of acres that a family could own (I think 65), and a minimum of five acres. Those who owned such big palaces could no longer afford to maintain them. Many fell into ruin, but it is a good thing that Ogyen Choling has been saved for posterity. Our drive takes us onto a gravel road through some of the most beautiful mountains ...
