Plaque for National Museum
Lovely cherry blossoms
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Watch Tower....it's lit up at night along with the Dzong......quite a sight!!!
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Part of the Dzong
Looking up at the Watch Tower from the Dzong
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Inside Paro Dzong
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Great Views!!
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Buddhism Circle of Life
Different versions.....depends on artist!!
Shopping in Paro
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Sleepy dog.....reminds us of our old dog Jake!!
A cute lady w/Kathy....but she didn't make the sale!!
The two women who sold us the "happy face" mask.....they were great sales women and drove a hard bargain!!
The start of our hike to Tiger's Nest
Yep.....way up there.....on the side of that cliff....whoa!!!!
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The views were marvelous!!
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Getting closer!!!
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Another monastery!!
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A smiling Kathy.....feeling good here!!!
John and Kathy all smiles as almost there!!
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Level with Tiger's Nest.....but wait.....stairs!!!
The stairs......I counted 725!!!!
Straight down...then up!!
450 steps down!!
275 steps up!!!
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OK...let's stop for a photo.....breathe in, breathe out!!!
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Great water fall where the stairs end on a bridge!!
View lookout out from the gorge
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Kathy almost there!!
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The cliff is almost sraight up!!
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Pcitures from Tiger's Nest Monastery
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Kathy and Mr Ishie
John and Mr Ishie
John, Ishie and Pratap
Pratap the comedian!!!
Look at the sheer cliff
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Impressive!!!
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Kathy and Ishie made it down!!!
Kyichu Lhakhang...the oldest temple in Bhutan.....7th century
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Dinner at local Bhutanese house
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our host for the evening
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Dinner....yummers!!!
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Bhutan Air leaving Paro
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And there it is Mt Everest.....whoa!!!!
We tried so hard last week see Everest and there she is......spectacular!!!
It gave me chills to see the tallest point on earth!!!!
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Poor air qulaity in Kolkata
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Lots of rice paddies
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You can just barely make out downtown Kolkata
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