Goodbye Melbourne
5 maja 2013, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °CAt 11 am our 11 participants gathered at Melbourne Airport for our flight to Bangkok. This was the first leg of our journey to Bhutan, the magical land of the Thunder Dragon.
At 11 am our 11 participants gathered at Melbourne Airport for our flight to Bangkok. This was the first leg of our journey to Bhutan, the magical land of the Thunder Dragon.
Arriving at Bangkok late in the evening we transferred to the Convenient Grand Hotel for an overnight stay before completing our journey to Bhutan the next morning,
It was a very early start (and very little sleep) as we gathered back at Bangkok Airport at 4 am for the early flight to Paro Airport in Bhutan. There was only airline that was equipped for landings Czytaj więcej
Today we had the opportunity to climb on our bikes and test our legs by riding around the city of Paro and nearby hills.
Here is my diary entry:
I am sitting in our hotel in Paro on our second day Czytaj więcej
Today we cycled from Paro to Thimpu, the capital city of Bhutan. The scenery along the way was delightful with lots of highly decorated houses dotted over the mountainsides. The road was interesting Czytaj więcej
Yesterday we rode from Paro to Thimpu. It was an undulating route and the thin air combined with the frequent climbs made the ride quite challenging. By the time we arrived at Thimpu we were relieved Czytaj więcej
This morning we left Thimpu on the next leg of our adventure (or should I say wheel of our adventure ?). The first few kilometres were undulating and then we hit the main challenge of the day - to Czytaj więcej
Panukha, Bhutan Sat May 11th
The spirit of Camelot is still alive and well here. We were able to complete our long day's ride yesterday in fine and mostly sunny conditions. It was not until we were Czytaj więcej
Punakha, Bhutan - Sunday May 12th
Happy Mothers' Day to all the mothers back there in Australia !!
Even though I have described Bhutan as a veritable Shangri La in the Himalayas there is one aspect Czytaj więcej
I know I have been describing Bhutan as Shandri La since we arrived here 8 days ago. At the time we all thought that to be accurate, however I now know better for we have just returned from 3 days in Czytaj więcej