Tigers Nest

a beautiful day doing the vertical climb up to the temple purched on the edge of a cliff

Punakha

Thimphu

the biggest Dzong in the land where the king goes to work, the Dzongs serve religious and political/admin functions

Paro festival

masked dancers telling stories of deities, accompanied by monks playing instruments and chanting.
locals wearing their best gear in full festival mode, socialising and eating picnics, tourists with huge lenses and kids eating sugar and running wild and free !
it's a colour explosion

stunning scenery

Phobjika Valley

glacial valley where the black necked crane migrates to winter from Tibet
and another Dzong

the king of the kingdom

the young king and his wife are very popular
he's a regular guy, walks to work everyday, we bumped into him twice, the second time he said "hello again" !
he's a man of the people and wants to know about their day to day life so spends heaps of time travelling to meet his subjects, people wear badges with his picture or have his photo in their homes