After nearly 80 days of highlights, scenic wonders, cultural sight and blow-your-mind experiences across Asia, we still had one amazing sight left to see: the legendary Taktshang Lakhang, or better known as Tiger’s Nest Monastry. Bhutan’s most iconic landmark. Tiger’s Nest Monastery is believed to be the birthplace of Buddhism in Bhutan, making it the most sacred … [Read more…]
Today we were driving from Thimphu to Punakha to visit one of the most sacred monasteries in the country. We had several stops along the way which made for a very interesting journey. Our morning started with an unexpected surprise – an archery match. But this was no ordinary archery match. Archery is the national sport of Bhutan, … [Read more…]
We were on our way to our final stop in Asia: Bhutan. We wanted to get to the airport early this morning because 1) we wanted to miss the traffic and 2) we wanted seats on the left hand side of the aircraft to see Everest. Unfortunately we only managed to do one of the … [Read more…]