Sunday, September 20
Today we visited a variety of interesting places in Thimphu, Bhutan's capital city. We started at the National Memorial Stupa, toured an incense factory run by guide Yeshey's father-in-law, viewed takins (Bhutan's national animal), visited a hand-made paper factory, went up to the about-to-be-consecrated tallest sitting Buddha statue in the world, took a pleasant walk along a hillside below the statue, and had a lovely dinner at Yeshey's home, where we met his family. A nice day.
Today we visited a variety of interesting places in Thimphu, Bhutan's capital city. We started at the National Memorial Stupa, toured an incense factory run by guide Yeshey's father-in-law, viewed takins (Bhutan's national animal), visited a hand-made paper factory, went up to the about-to-be-consecrated tallest sitting Buddha statue in the world, took a pleasant walk along a hillside below the statue, and had a lovely dinner at Yeshey's home, where we met his family. A nice day.
Statue in enclosure in front of the National Memorial Stupa
Yeshey's father-in-law with workers in his incense factory
Bundles of incense sticks in front of the containers in which they'll be packaged
A takin: according to myth, the blend of a goat and a cow
Screening pulp in the hand-made paper factory
Some of the pretty results
View of Thimphu - a very attractive city - from the hills on the way to the Buddha statue
This is the tallest seated Buddha statue in the world: 169 feet high.
His rice bowl can hold six men.
The Buddha is accompanied by beautiful Celestial Beings.
Mountain hut seen on our walk
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