Thimphu to Punakha with Himalayan views

Another big, but great day in the Bhutanese sun.
At 8.30am we were driven to the first stop of many- Memorial Stupa. Part of it was like a day centre for old people where the elderly come daily, sit and spin the prayer wheels all day with the company of many others.
The foot traffic around the Stupa ( a 3 level place of worship) was an immense sea of colour, incense and prayer beads.
Next it was off to the Textile Museum where we learnt the intricate designs of the different regions of Bhutan and the importance of patterned materials to the different rituals of each community.
After this we were taken to the general post office where we could have had a book of stamps with our pictures on printed.... we politely declined but posted ourselves a postcard.Leia mais