I've finally loaded the pictures from my vacation I took to central Bhutan about a month ago. It's hard to describe what an incredible vacation this was! the 9-hour drive that I was dreading turned out to be one of the most scenic, enjoyable drives I've ever been on. The one-lane highway swerving up through the high mountain passes hugging the mountainside, avoiding the 1500 foot drop just beside and then dipping down into the verdant valley. Up and down we went, through 4 or 5 valleys and passes, each with their own unique vegetation, landscape and people. We finally arrived in Bumthang (Central Bhutan) after taking a pit stop half-way through in Trongsa, and spending a day doing field research in a former slave village emancipated only recently in the 1960s.
Bumthang was just as breathtaking as the ride there. Full of monasteries and temples, there's no shortage of monks (and nun monks!) in Bumthang. We were there for one of the big festivals, Kurjey festival (celebrating Guru Rinpoche), which only made it even more rich with culture and color.
Anyway, it took me an entire month to go through the hundreds (maybe thousand+?) pictures we took. You can check them out now on facebook.
