Got up early for this long day. And I realized quickly why I had to ;) The mountain road which connects western with eastern Bhutan is of more adventurous nature if you will ;) Not only do you share the curvy pothole riddled highway with cargo trucks, strolling cows and buses but occasionally a landslide will wipe out half of the more or less one-lane road. It's a ride which will literally keep you on the edge of your seat ;)But then we finally made it into t...

After sleeping in we went up the mountains to the idyllic Talo village where we walked around and got invited to see a traditional farmhouse. The village is situated in the steep hills where also all of the farming takes place on cascaded fields. After lunch we hiked to the Chimi Lhakhang temple before we went back to town. By the way, like any other country Bhutan is not short on quirky things. For instance they do not use surnames or family names. Instead every...

We left Timphu in the morning to head northeast on a narrow and winding mountain road to Punakha. Along the way we went over the Dochu Pass where I saw a glimpse of the Himalaja for the first time in my life. A moment of joy :) After countless adventurous truck passings we arrived in Punakha. After lunch we went to the picture-perfect fortified Punakha Dzong, one of the magnifiscent Bhutanese monasteries. From there we did a hike to the Khamsum Yuelley Namgyal C...