About two weeks ago, Matt and I went on a lovely short hike near Thimphu. You drive up a mountainside to start. Here you can see the evidence of a fire that we saw in progress while we were in town in February.
At the start of the hike, the ridge is absolutely covered with prayer flags, more so than any location I have seen so far.
View of the beautiful Thimphu valley:
Temple along the hike. Inside was one of the most unique temples I have seen so far. There were footprints in the wooden floor, worn down from a lama who prostrated in the same place every day over 1,000 times. Inside the main temple, small chortens darkened by smoke lined the sides along with boxes full of sacred texts.
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