Day 11 - Blogabond

Our final day in Bhutan started with another drive -- this one back to Paro. We made the road opening and stopped for sausages at Chuzzom before heading to our last major destination -- Tiger's Nest Monastery. We opted for the easy way up, being on horseback for about 3/4 of the way, and were glad we did because even the last bit of the walk was very tiring. But we had good company, a Malaysian couple on their honeymoon and trekkers from Michigan.

The monastery was more fascinating from the outside then for the inside since much of it has been recently rebuilt. But the views were fabulous and in keeping with our luck, we were invited to tea with the lama and watched buttercakes being made.

On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at the ruins of an old dzong, drukyel. We did some shopping and had a final night's dinner at a new restaurant called red rice, with Dorji carrying a sleeping Ellery up the steps to our room.

written by

shoshtrvls on August 31, 2006 from Paro, Bhutan

from the travel blog: Bhutan and India (2006)

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