BHUTAN

Portraits

All starts with a smile
Mischievous smile
Dentist and betel nut can be painful

 

 

Smile with betel-nut stained teeth

 

Attentively watching the show
Watch and learn during the festival
Not terribly amusing
Watching
Beautiful sisters

LANDSCAPES

Rivers and roads never run straight
Dzong or fort that houses a monastery
A village on the way

The Himalayas
The Taktsang or Tiger’s Liar 

FESTIVALS AND RELIGION

Prayer flags taking messages into the wind
Festival and dances are intended as means to educate the people, NOT the tourists

 

 

Mythical animals during the dances 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Prayer flags outside a Dzong

HOUSES AND DETAILS

Taktsang or Tiger’s Liar near Paro
knock knock
A house in the countryside

 

Inside a Dzong or monastery
Hotel in Mongar
Hotel and how to learn Bhutanese
Sign of good luck at the hotel
In the center of Mongar

 

General store

 

Detail of the wall in one of the hotels in Mongar

 

 

MARKETS

Chiles, very spicy and colourful
Musical instruments and religious items
Jewellery 

 

For use in religious activities

 

Betel nuts in their shells
Clean betel nuts 

 

General store and social center
Tapestry 

 

Chips ready for frying

 

Students preparing the lesson at their campus 
Prayer flags to wish you safe trip

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