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Paro

Bhutan, Jan 2007

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383100987Chorten
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-26
Time: 03:03:02GMT
383099773Taktsang Monastery
Taking this photo was one of the hardest physical things I've done for a long, long time. I had to climb a steep hill for 1000 vertical metres (the photo was taken at just over 3000m). That's a climb that's about the distance from sea level to the top of Snowdon (the tallest mountain in England and Wales), but that starts from twice it's height !
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 08:38:02GMT
383098154Taktsang Monastery
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 08:33:10GMT
383095949Tough
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-26
Time: 03:03:21GMT
381905696Paro Dzong
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 04:06:13GMT
381903328Village life
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 05:58:40GMT
381902004Prayer flag
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 04:26:51GMT
381900580Chorten next to Druk Gyel Dzong
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 05:18:24GMT
381883404Prayer flags
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 05:29:30GMT
381881598General store
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 05:18:14GMT
381873517Chorten
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 03:01:30GMT
381865155Iron bridge
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 02:50:30GMT
383094959Taktsang Monastery from the restaurant
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 09:17:07GMT
383094169Icon
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 08:49:27GMT
381872538Chorten in Paro centre
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 04:43:36GMT
381880448Druk Gyel Dzong
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 05:13:42GMT
381871181Paro kids
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 04:48:03GMT
383084636Chorten
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-26
Time: 03:03:33GMT
383092998Taktsang Monastery
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 08:47:33GMT
383091729Taktsang Monastery
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 08:33:26GMT
381896915Water-powered prayer wheel
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 06:00:27GMT
381874896Stupa
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 04:05:04GMT
381869324Paro streets
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 03:30:56GMT
383097692Prayer flags
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 08:54:12GMT
383092343Taktsang Monastery
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 08:38:36GMT
383090928Taktsang Monastery
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 08:31:23GMT
383089582Taktsang Monastery
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 08:30:06GMT
383088943Taktsang Monastery
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 08:25:58GMT
383087822Chorten
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 07:29:37GMT
383087215Taktsang Monastery
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 07:28:29GMT
383086451Taktsang Monastery
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 07:22:42GMT
383085770Chorten
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-26
Time: 03:02:47GMT
381899129Chorten near Taktsang
As the water trickled through you could hear the regular pinging of a bell on a prayer wheel.
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 06:32:51GMT
381893051Village life
These guys are leaning in through the windows to a small village shop. The windows have no glass in them. It was quite warm that day, with the sun shining, but I guess it gets cool sometimes. In the room next door (the nearest corner) there were a couple of occupied chairs, and couple more people standing, and a television showing fiery scenes from some Rambo movie. Seemed a big incongruous...
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 06:07:14GMT
381889187Prayer flag
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 05:50:24GMT
381885310Wind-powered prayer wheels
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 05:49:38GMT
381884412Prayer flags
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 05:37:47GMT
381882489Druk Gyel Dzong
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 05:28:04GMT
381879534Paro College of Education
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 04:27:16GMT
381878952Paro College of Education
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 04:13:06GMT
381878121Paro College of Education
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 04:11:02GMT
381877554Paro College of Education
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 04:09:55GMT
381871780Chorten in Paro centre
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 04:43:31GMT
381870608Paro streets
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Date: 2007-01-25
Time: 03:49:09GMT
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