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Day 13Saturday October 18,  2008Mongar and Bumthang,  Bhutan  Bhutan Temperature:  Glorious and hot and dry in Trashigang and crisp in Bumthang Hotel: Temperature: Samden Guest House After a restful sleep albeit a lot of dreams about rain because the fan was making the same noise as rain, I got up early around 6am but still wantedContinue reading “Day 13: Travels to a Himalayan Kingdom – Bhutan”

Day 12Friday October 17,  2008Mongar and Trashigang,  Bhutan  Bhutan Temperature:  Glorious and hot and dry in TrashigangHotel:  Druk Zhongkhar Hotel, Mongar After a restless nice due to finishing 2 bottles of wine between me and Caryn, I got up very early at 430am to write my diary and get my photos together.  I also enjoyedContinue reading “Day 12: Travels to a Himalayan Kingdom – Bhutan”

Day 11Thursday October 16,  2008Mongar and Trashigang,  Bhutan  Bhutan Temperature:  Glorious hot/dry in TrashigangHotel:  Druk Doejong Hotel, Trashigang I woke up again early 530am or so and got ready to enjoy another glorious day.  Caryn was sound asleep  so I silently went to out the room to the outdoor balcony and enjoyed the glorious sunrise. Continue reading “Day 11: Travels to a Himalayan Kingdom – Bhutan”

Day 10Wednesday October 15,  2008Bumthang and Mongar Bhutan  Bhutan Temperature:  Glorious but cool and crisp in Bumthang, LA like weather in MongarWangchuck Resort  Hotel I got up early again 4am or so to sound of the Japanese ladies getting ready for their long drive back to Thimphu.   But it was fun listening to the JapaneseContinue reading “Day 10: Travels to a Himalayan Kingdom – Bhutan”

Day 9Tuesday October 14,  2008Trongsa and Bumthang, Bhutan   Bhutan Temperature:  Glorious but cool and crispSamden  Guest House Getting up was a bit tough for me.  For some reason I had a headache and just wanted to stay in bed, but the day beckoned and I got myself out and got ready for the day.  IContinue reading “Day 9: Travels to a Himalayan Kingdom – Bhutan”

Day 8Monday October 13,  2008Trongsa and Bumthang, Bhutan  Bhutan Temperature:  Glorious but cool and crispSamden  Guest House I got up early again after a restful sleep.  The cold air and comfortable bed was perfect for a good nights sleep.  I got up to a view of the morning sun shining on the Trongsa Dzong.  SinceContinue reading “Day 8: Travels to a Himalayan Kingdom – Bhutan”

Day 7Sunday October 12,  2008Wangdiphodrang and Trongsa, Bhutan Bhutan Temperature:  Glorious but cooler in TrongsaYangquil Resort Trongsa I got early this morning to write my diary.  I was looking forward to a peaceful morning by heading to the lobby around 630am only to see the obnoxious loud ladies from the night before arrive and demand thatContinue reading “Day 7: Travels to a Himalayan Kingdom – Bhutan”

Day 6October 11, SaturdayThimphu and Wangdiphodrong Bhutan Temperature:  GloriousDruk Hotel and Dragon Nest Resort Another glorious day where I slept well and got up early as we had an earlier start to go to the weekend market in Thimphu. The market was full was vegetable and meat vendors.  The meat was all dried and noContinue reading “Day 6: Travels to a Himalayan Kingdom – Bhutan”

Day 5Thursday October 10, FridayThimphu, Bhutan Temperature:  GloriousDruk Hotel Another glorious day.  Today we drove North to visit a special monastery to hang our prayer flags.  The drive north was again magnificent.  I’m running out of adjectives to describe the beauty of this country.  Surprisingly it was a smooth ride.  It seems the infrastructure isContinue reading “Day 5: Travels to a Himalayan Kingdom – Bhutan”

Day 4Thursday October 9, 2008Thimphu, Bhutan:  Temperature GloriousDruk Hotel After a good but not long enough sleep it was time to get ready for our first full day in Thimphu.  Thimphu is the capital of Bhutan and is home to over 50000 people.  Thimphu is unlike any other world capital in that it does notContinue reading “Day 4: Travels to a Himalayan Kingdom – Bhutan”