A bit closer
Punakha dzong is so beautiful that, over the next days, we’ll see a few more pictures of this very serene place. {Dear friends, I apologize for the long silence; Mia’s graduation is over… Continue reading
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Approach to the Punakha Dzong
Here is the very famous Punakha Dzong. A dzong, one remembers, is a combination religious and administrative center of a province. One of the largest in Bhutan, it is also the second oldest:… Continue reading
Into the famous Chimee Lakhang
Where some come to pray for fertility and children.
Prayer Wheels
Based on a principle similar to that of the prayer flags seen earlier, prayer wheels are set outside temples, and there’s often hundreds of them. It is one’s duty to turn as many… Continue reading
The Wheel of Law
One of the symbols seen in, around and most at the top of most Buddhist temples. The Wheel of Law represents the symmetry, completeness and adequacy of the law, of the precepts of… Continue reading
Global warming
The sun is hot!
We welcome the shade of the pipul tree
The same tree that the Buddha sat under.
Too young for ghos and kiras
but cute, and bent on charming us. However, heaven forbid, people do not ask for money in Bhutan! Just in case your tourist instincts kicked into gear at this sight of
Charm and cell phones
… go hand in hand in Bhutan