More monasteries and Buddhist sacred sites today as well as more festival. We visited three temples today as well as a sacred site. The sacred site was a deep pool where a miracle occured. It was rife with prayer flags and was also the site where many people have left the remains of bodies once they are cremated. After cremation, the remains are formed into little cone shapes and people leave them auspicious places. The pool in the river we went to was a very au...

Big excitement in town today! We are fortunate enough to be here for the annual festival in the dzong. We walked up to the dzong this morning and watched dances all morning. As interesting as the dances were, the local people fascinated us as well. The Bhutanese are beautiful people and the elderly ones have faces full of character. They come from all over the valley for the festival and to socialize. The dances were loud and very colourful with gorgeous costume...