Bhutan, Asia

Bhutan is small and spectacularly isolated, tucked away in the eastern Himalayas between India and China  is a place of myth and magic. Only about 10 per cent of the fewer than 20,000 tourists who visit Bhutan annually make it to the far east of the country.

 

 

 The Tiger's Nest (or Paro Taktsang) monastery in Bhutan.(above)

 Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (left) and Queen Jetsun Pema kiss in front of the crowd at the main stadium as part of their wedding celebrations in Thimphu, Bhutan.(below)

 

More photos  ;http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/image.cfm?c_id=7&gal_objectid=10776676&gallery_id=123310#8459838

 

 Read more : Close call on a treacherous mountain highway....http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10702100

 Bhutan - Cranes on the skyline :    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10704094 

Exercising with the faithful in Bhutan :  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10505363

 

 

  

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