Our time in Bhutan was coming to an end, but we still had the highlight of hiking to Taksang Monastery, or more famously known as “Tiger’s Nest” ahead of us. We knew this would be quite the hike (straight up at very high altitude), but we were up for the challenge. So our first day […]
Bhutan (2014)
Bhutan – Part 2: Punakha (June 27-28)
The Crazy Drive from Thimphu to Punakha: We were warned the roads were “not so nice” as the government has been working on widening the pass over the mountain. With this widening project, the roads were only open from 6:00-8:00am in the direction we were going, so we had to wake up early to get […]
Bhutan – Part 1: The Capital City of Thimphu (June 25 – 26)
Bhutan – Happiness is a Place. This is the national motto and something you really feel as everyone is just happy and trying to be helpful and help you be happy. As Bhutan is a small country with only 7 million people, and the capital city of Thumphu only has 700,000 people and not a […]
Mark’s Sisyphean Duty Free Wine Purchases
Mark and I were on our way to Bhutan for eight days and knew there really wasn’t much nightlife. We were told once we were at our hotel for the night, we would be staying in. So we figured we would each bring two bottles of wine to enjoy to after at the end of […]