Monday, October 21, 2024 (continued)
After lunch in Thimphu, we drove the 1.5 hours back to Paro.
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| Bamboo scaffolding |
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| Following the Thimphu River through a valley |
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| Drying chilies on the rooftop |
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| A wind-powered prayer wheel |
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Tachog Lhakhang/Chapel with Thangtong Gyalpo's
iron suspension bridge over the river |
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| View of the Paro River from Isuna Zam/Bridge |
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We checked into the Tashi Namgay Resort;
here is the door to our room |
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| Our resort room |
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| The bathroom |
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| A screened porch |
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Typical Bhutanese architecture.
plus a bell cup rain chain |
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| A grand staircase |
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| Covered bridge |
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| Goldfish pond |
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Our next destination was the watchtower on the hill
above the Rinpung Dzong/Fortress |
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| A closer look at the Dzong, with Rinpung College below it |
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| Cut sheaves of rice |
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| Dumtseg Lhakhang/Chapel (KSS) |
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| View of Paro and the Paro River valley (KSS) |
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Ta dzong/Watchtower (1649) is unusual in being round;
it now houses the Paro National Museum |
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| The watchtower has been described as a conch shell in shape |
No photography was allowed in the museum; in fact we had to put cameras and phones in a locker. But we saw plenty of
thankgas, bronze statues, Bhutanese dress, pottery, festival masks, as well as 15 links from the original bridge by Thangtong Gyalpo at Tachog Lhakhang, a stone egg laid by a mule, and a horse's horn.
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| View in the opposite direction toward the airport |
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| Jigsaw puzzle of rice paddies |
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| Are we seeing snow on the mountains? |
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Before dinner we met to review our
trek for the next day to Tiger's Nest |
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