Bhutan Pictures!

As promised, here are some pictures of our trip through Bhutan!

Arriving at the lovely Paro airport was a pleasant break after overnighting in Kolkata's hectic international terminal. We went directly to the hotel for a day of sleeping. The next day we took in some of Paro's monasteries and the city fortress.

This is the Paro fortress, protecting the city from Tibetan attacks.

We also got to eat dinner at a farmhouse with a Bhutanese family. They were super nice and accommodating. A typical dinner includes: chillies with cheese (their national dish), dried meat curry, buttered veggies (in the summer), maybe an egg dish, mushroom soup or curry and rice wine! They make the rice wine in their houses. Here is the family we ate with:


We also hiked up to see the Tiger's Nest Monastery, which was pretty amazing. It's about 3000m high and perched on a cliff!

The Tiger's Nest Monastery.

Our trek was awesome (as we discussed below), here are just a few of the pictures:

Wet boots after a day of torrential rain storms. Not ideal for preventing blisters.

Our donkey team! The one with the red hat is the leader!

AND as discussed earlier: pictures of the famous Thimphu traffic director! He is what the Bhutanese people preferred to a traffic light and for good reason! He's awesome and makes dramatic swooping motions with his hands to guide us through the country's capital safely. Thank you traffic man!


A couple pictures of Kolkata coming soon!