Thimphu Tsechu
Get ready for pictures in this post. We took over 1,000 photos at the festival and were only able to narrow them down to 40 or so. It was an…
Rinpung Dzong
Straight out of the airport Ello kicked into gear. We sort of had expected they would just take us to our hotel but instead he asked “would you like to…
Le Meridien Paro
As I mentioned in an earlier post, we chose not to avail ourselves of the kind offer to stay at Bhutanese guest houses during our stay. Instead we’re at the…
Hyatt Regency Kathmandu
Our stay in Kathmandu was in a suite at the Hyatt Regency booked with cash and points. The room was relatively unremarkable but comfortable and large. We had this beautiful…
Pashupatinath
Sort of a gruesome stop, and we didn’t spend much time here (and this post won’t be long…). Pashupainath is a Hindu temple on the banks of a local river…
Monkey Temple
Swayambhunath is another famous Buddhist stupa in Kathmandu. It’s better known as the Monkey Temple owing to the hundreds of monkeys that inhabit the grounds. In Tibetan it has a…