We're driving across Nepal to the Indian border to slowly dip our toes into India by starting with Darjeeling in West Bengal. This area is more like Nepal or Bhutan so it's an easy introduction to India.
With swirling, bright yellow skirts, wild gyrations and lurid, grotesque masks, the barefoot dancers prance and leap onto the field in front of the monastery. The Dance of the Masks has begun.
Beautiful photo of the Tiger's Nest Monastery on a cliffside in the Himalayas near Paro, Bhutan. The site is visited only after a gruelling two-hour climb up a difficult, steep rocky trail.
Bucket List Bhutan
If Bhutan is on your bucket list, here is a list of must-see and must-do when you arrive:
1. Taktsang Monastery
Guru Rinpoche brought Buddhism to the Himalayas in 746AD and fl...
Jakar (altitude 2,800 m) is the principal administrative town of Bumthang district in the north of Bhutan.
Spacious and surrounded by tree covered mountains, the valley in which Jakar is located (Choekor...
There is much to see in the historic town Paro:
- National Museum of Bhutan. Located in a former watch tower (which itself is a museum piece) above the dzong, the museum displays artifacts from Bhutan's...
Paro (population 4,500) is a town in in the south west of Bhutan.
Paro is a historic town with many sacred sites and historical buildings scattered through the area.
In addition, the Paro Valley is wi...
