Wednesday, September 16
A day of exploring various aspects of this beautiful valley, including visits to the Black-Necked Crane Center, a monastery village festival, and a rural village; and an easy-going nature walk.
A day of exploring various aspects of this beautiful valley, including visits to the Black-Necked Crane Center, a monastery village festival, and a rural village; and an easy-going nature walk.
Front yard of the Black-Necked Crane Center. Cranes migrate south to here from Tibet in November, and spend about five months before returning north.
Old women chatting at a village festival in the Gangteng Gompa, a 17th C monastery
Intricate decoration, perhaps the finest anywhere according to our guide, at the Gongtang Gompa
Bovine lazing in a meadow near the start of our nature walk
Two potato farmers whose truck had gotten stuck in the mud. They were waiting for a tractor to pull them out so they could bring the potatoes to market.
Young woman working in the sales room of the hotel where we had lunch. I was struck by her shirt; we have seen virtually no propaganda, either pro- or con-USA, in Bhutan.
Woman and baby in a doorway near the hotel.
Horses grazing in the valley beneath the village.
Woman with baby in the village.
Daughter in a village family sacking potatoes for shipment to Bangladesh.
Village woman and a cow she has just milked.
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