TravelPod Member ReviewsY.T. Hotel Wangduephodrang
“One night at Y.T.”
gihan 1 contribution
Colombo, Sri Lanka
May 8, 2011
It is like a two start hotel at a hill on the path to CNR. Wooden floors with upstairs managed by a family.
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Training
Stopped at the 108 Bhutanese Style Stupas at Dochula Pass 3150meters above sea level, Thimphu – Punakha national high way. Visit was accompanied by Rinzin. Stayed at Y.T. Hotel a two star type hotel on the path to CNR. Conduct the training next day at the College of Natural Resources (CNR) of the Royal University of Bhutan in Lobesa (City: Wangdue-Phodrang; District: Punakha District).
Day 4 & 5
Photos include the trip from Thimphu to Wangdue Phodrang. Dzonkha is the name of the official language of Bhutan; Dzonkhak is the name for a district (both Paro and Thimphu are the name for towns but also the districts they are in as well). Dzong is the name for the fortress/temple/government administration building for the Dzonkhak. Got that?
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Royal Wedding Day in Shangri-La
... to sneak one or two in before being told to put the camera away). The public celebration continued through the rest of the day with groups of local school children putting on traditional dance performances for the wedding guests. We had to leave though to begin the journey back to Thimpu ahead of the large convoys of wedding guest cars. The king & queen were heading to the capital the next day to continue the public celebrations.
Witnessing this ...
Cultural, Spiritual and Trekking Highlights
... thinking monarchy, so we often would hear our guide talking to the group
ahead or behind us and/or talking to the office in the city about our plans or changes in weather etc. being monitored on the internet. And I don't think I'll ever get over
seeing young monks on the hilltops of the mountain ranges in dusty ancient monasteries, who are chatting away on cell phones, sitting beside their friends who are reciting their Buddhist scripts.
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