Greetings from Bhutan! We had a busy but exciting day yesterday. Please view the pictures below for a brief retelling of yesterday's events. We will be hiking to the Tiger's Nest Monastery today and are very excited at the opportunity to visit such a sacred and revered site. (PHOTOS)
- Arts and Crafts Tour: We visited a weaving factory where they craft the traditional dress of the Bhutanese people. The men wear a "gho" and the women a "kira." The formal silk dresses can take up to an inch a day to weave. After, we visited a school that teaches several crafts like wood carving, clay sculpting, blacksmithing, and embroidery.
- You will see that we also dressed in the traditional dresses for the day.
- After lunch we spent some time shopping in the street market in Thimphu. Then this gypsy van took the one hour drive back to Paro.
- After checking into our hotel that overlooks the air strip and has a magnificent view of the Himalayan Valley at the base of the mountains, we went to the Rinpung Dzong Fortress.
- Then it was off to more shopping, dinner at the hotel, and bed. More to come after Tiger's Nest Monastery today!
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