Bhutan, the hidden Himalaya paradise
In this set I post my favorites photos from three visits in Bhutan 1996, 1998 and 2000. On all my trips in Bhutan I value again the kindness of the beautiful people, their honest smiling, the cooperativeness, and the nice educated kids who have much fun when I captured them without asking me for money like in other countries people do it every time. The mentality isn't spoilt from this bad side ef…
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Villagers from Ujen Chholeng
Landscape near Nga Lhakhang village
Along the Tang valley
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“Bumthang” directly translates as “beautiful field”. “Thang” means field or flat place, and “Bum” is said be an appreviation of either “bumpa” (a vessel for holy water, thus describing the shape and nature of the valley), or “bum” (”girl”, indicating this is the valley of beautiful girls).
A walk along the Bumthang Chhu (river)
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Jakar town is lying close to the nearby river and some disasters by floods already happened. However, due to the danger of the nearby river, this will soon be replaced by a new row of two storey shops currently under construction near the dzong.
Monks home in the Konchogsum Lhakhang temple
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Kurjey Lhakhang comprises
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Kurjey Lhakhang is a complex of temples built starting in 1652. One of Bhutans' more significant Lhakhang complexes, Kurjey is named for the bodily imprint of Guru Rinpoche visible in a rock in the oldest section of the complex.
The complex itself consists of monks' quarters, three chortens (marking the cremation sites of the first three kings of Bhutan), and three temple buildings built in 1652, 1900, and 1984.
Painting of a demon inside the Kurjey Lhakhang tem…
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Restaurant in Jakar
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An intersection in Jakar
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Checkpoint in Ura
Handicraft shop in Yatna near Ura
Happy kids in Yatna
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I seldom had the opportunity to capture such nice and happy faces - see the following pictures too!
Two young Bhutanese ladies
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Its seems that the chewing gum is nearly an obligation (they shouldn't go to Singapore)
Young boy using his basket as an hat
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After I sent the photo prints to the school of the eastern Bhutanese town Yatna we got a response with a painted letter to our address in Bangkok.
(The foto captured in April 2000 during my third tour in Bhutan the transnational highway from Paro in the west to Sandrup Jongkhar in eastern Bhutan the borderline to Asaam in India. Scanned with NIKON CoolScan V ED.)
Bhutanese young lady
Bhutanese young man
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View from the highway to Ura town
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Road works ahaed
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The transnational Bhutanese highway every winter and raining season suffer under big land slides and avalanches. Reparations are necessary every spring time on may particularly endangered places along the 550 km long highway. (The white pointers show the nearly invisible rope crossing the highway to pull up the timbers from the valley.)
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