BhutanParo DzongkhagParo Populated3Paro Airport27°24’19” N 89°25’17” E
14. september 2015, Bhutan ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Landing in Paro
BhutanParo27°25’34” N 89°25’23” E
14. september 2015, Bhutan ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
This was our first visit to a Dzong which is combination fortress, temple and city capital.
BhutanParo DzongkhagDrugyel Dzong27°28’53” N 89°21’39” E
15. september 2015, Bhutan ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Starting the hike to the tigers nest.
BhutanParo DzongkhagDrugyel Dzong27°29’36” N 89°21’36” E 15. september 2015, Bhutan ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The hike to the Tigers Nest was strenuous but along the entire trail there were prayer wheels and flags that reminded you this is a spiritual place and that it was a privilege to experience.
Brian Vaughn
This is the view of The Tigers Nest from the trail where it comes around the neighboring outcrop. The trail then drops down to a waterfall which is just out of view in the bottom left corner.
BhutanParo27°25’50” N 89°25’37” E
16. september 2015, Bhutan ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Just uphill from the National Museum of Bhutan in Paro the porters and guides load the horses and donkeys to begin our trek of the Druk Path which runs from Paro to Thimphu.
BhutanParo DzongkhagTshalunang27°26’43” N 89°28’50” E
16. september 2015, Bhutan ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
After about 7 km straight uphill we made it to our first camp near Jele Dzong. We started at 2,390 m and camp is at 3,480 m altitude.
BhutanParo DzongkhagTshalunang27°26’34” N 89°29’2” E
17. september 2015, Bhutan ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Day 2 starts with a visit to the Jele Dzong which suffered damage from the same earth quakes that devastated parts of Nepal. Even though this is a very small mountain top Dzong the interior was veryLæs mere
BhutanParo DzongkhagTshalunang27°29’43” N 89°29’22” E
19. september 2015, Bhutan ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Today was around a 10 km hike though mud to arrive at camp Jangchulakha which is a meadow at an altitude of 3,770 m.
