One Night in Bangkok

Well, unfortunately I left Bhutan this morning, very sad, but trying to work on reducing attachment, and therefore not be sad. Mahayana Buddhism is confusing......

So, we departed Paro airport at 11:30 and I finally made it to the hotel in Bangkok at 18:55!!!! Long day!!!!

Just had to do a quick read of the last blog to see where I finished off.
Thimphu..... right...
We had a bit of a sleep in finally in Thimphu, and we spent the day cruising around to different sights in town. Karma didn't join us today so we were left alone with Sonam and Drukpa as our guides. So firstly we went to the radio tower to have a good view of the town, which was very good, although a little hazy, from there we went to the Takin Reserve to see those very wierd animals, goats head stuck on a cow's body, bizarre. From there is was off to the paper making factory and then we went to a weaving factory where I ended up being the model for trying on Kira's (the national dress of Bhutan). Too many people were trying to dress me and it all got a bit too hard so we left. Then we were driving back to the other side of town and it turns out we went to Karma's house for morning tea, which was lovely and very relaxing. From there it was straight to lunch and on to another temple, followed by the weekly market and lots of shopping.
That evening we had a lecture from a local Member for Parliament who was a very lovely guy, and it turned out to be a very good occasion to wear my new Kira that I bought that afternoon, he even said I looked elegant!!!! He was so entertaining in fact that he joined us for dinner. It is amazing the attention you get when you go to dinner with a VIP, free alcohol!!!!
So the next day we were up early again and off to Paro via the Haa valley. The Haa valley is a new spot for tourists and is therefore not that busy, which is a very good thing. We had a lovely day wandering around the hills and having a picnic in the medow. Very chilled and relaxing.
Yesterday was the day I had been waiting for, our journey to the Tiger's Nest... And it most definatley lived up to expectations. The horse ride to the lookout was awesome, although I am feeling it today, although riding a horse with no reins is a little tricky, especially when they don't understand english!!!!!
The Tigers Nest was fantastic even the 400 stairs down and 600 up again were worth it. There were Monks in one of the temples chanting which was just mesmerising and then there were 1300 yar old temples and the most beautiful art work, just magical. All topped off with a picnic from our favourite restaurant in Bhutan. Then after an afternoon rest we were off to a mystery dinner, which turned out to be a Bhutanese traditional dance show with way too much alcohol and then a very delicious dinner.
And now it is all over and the next part of my journey is about to begin.