Setting a stone onto the Mani Wall Monastery and chorten in Pelrithang Wall painting inside the chorten Buying Bumthang cheese and fruit liqueur Wallpainting inside the Jampey Lhakhang monastery Entrance door into the middle temple Chorten and a forest of prayer flags Könchogsum Lhakhang temple Our group in Jakar A young woman weaving with a simple loom Checkpoint in Ura At the highest point of the highway (3800 m) Tashigang city place Bhutan Post Express Samdrup Jongkhar the border to India Old nun spins her mala Prepare the way for the horses Preparing the steps for our horses ... Phima our tour guide Reaching the end of the plateau A thin snow layer covered the hills Pack back in the tent and raise our sleeping bags A steep climb up to the Labatana lakes Trongsa, Trongsa Dzong and Ta Dzong View from Trongsa town to the Trongsa Dzong Cafe break in new built Trongsa village A stupa and a chorten Monks watching the women dancing performance Monks home at the Kyichu Lhakhang Monastery Tashigang Dzong Welcome statue at the Chagzam (iron bridge) Highway before Tashigang An intersection in Jakar Happy kids in Yatna Chorten on the way to the Konchogsum Lhakhang temp… Inside the Jampey Lhakhang monastery View out the chorten Children in Nga Lhakhang Local children in Trongsa Heavy weather in Trongsa Panoramaview at Trongsa district Wangdue Phodrang Dzong Tang Chhu (river) near Wangdue Phodrang Bhutanese men get to meet for archery Selling religious requisites