Haa Valley and a drive to 4000m

Bearing in mind Mt Cook is 3724m in height today we drove over Chele La Pass that is nearly 4000m above sea level!!
We started the morning with a trip to the stunning Kila Gompa, the oldest nunnery in Bhutan. The building wedged between the cliffs near Chele La is home to about 50 nuns.
The nuns were hard at work carrying a railing to be constructed so we didn’t hang around too long.
Next it was off to the highest point over the pass which is marked with hundreds of prayer flags and the most stunning view of Jomolhari , a majestic mountain standing at 7326m.
It remains one of the highest mountains claiming to be unclimbed as the Bhutanese government see it as Sacred and do not allow anyone to climb it in order to preserve it and stop it being turned into another Everest.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JomolhariRead more