OMG the Ester Bunny came to Bhutan. When we arrived at breakfast there were Belgian chocolate eggs for everyone. A very lovely gesture from Barbara J
The Thunder Dragon spoke last night. We had quite a bit of fresh snow this morning. Some oik was stomping about at 5am this morning so in the end I got up and took photos. I walked along the road for quite a bit and could see the very last village in the valley which is actually an army barracks. The soldiers from there are rostered on border security which must be a hell of a job.
We reached Thimpu today - the tiniest capital city. The motorway has a speed limit of 50kph and has speed humps!! Apparently a traffic light was installed in 1998 but it caused such havoc that it was removed after only 3 days. There is a cute little bandstand thing in the middle of the road and the traffic is directed by a policeman with white gloves.
The Bhutanese have been building a giant statute of Buddha above Thimpu since 2008. It is 169ft high and together with the building its sited on (which will be a sort of Buddha museum and meditation centre) plus the roading the overall cost is expected to exceed USD10,000,000 with financial assistance coming from Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand & HongKong.
I had to smile, I saw a monk at the side of the road as we came into Thimpu. I thought he was praying or something but it turned out he was just shielding the screen on his cell phone so he could read it.
Tonight's hotel is the most modern we have seen in Bhutan so far and there are even scales in the bathroom - I'm too scared to get on them though.
The Thunder Dragon spoke last night. We had quite a bit of fresh snow this morning. Some oik was stomping about at 5am this morning so in the end I got up and took photos. I walked along the road for quite a bit and could see the very last village in the valley which is actually an army barracks. The soldiers from there are rostered on border security which must be a hell of a job.
We reached Thimpu today - the tiniest capital city. The motorway has a speed limit of 50kph and has speed humps!! Apparently a traffic light was installed in 1998 but it caused such havoc that it was removed after only 3 days. There is a cute little bandstand thing in the middle of the road and the traffic is directed by a policeman with white gloves.
The Bhutanese have been building a giant statute of Buddha above Thimpu since 2008. It is 169ft high and together with the building its sited on (which will be a sort of Buddha museum and meditation centre) plus the roading the overall cost is expected to exceed USD10,000,000 with financial assistance coming from Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand & HongKong.
I had to smile, I saw a monk at the side of the road as we came into Thimpu. I thought he was praying or something but it turned out he was just shielding the screen on his cell phone so he could read it.
Tonight's hotel is the most modern we have seen in Bhutan so far and there are even scales in the bathroom - I'm too scared to get on them though.
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 Thimpu from the Buddha road  |  |
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