September 18, 2011
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Bhutan 5 July 2011 (Day 4)
Location: Punakha to Paro
We wake up with this beautiful scenery outside our window. What a life!!!!
I found this plant very very cute. It looks like a balloon. I wonder what it is. Can anyone tell me?
We were having breakfast in front of this view. Chimi tried to count how many houses are there in Punakha. It should be around 70 and Phnakha used to be the capital of Bhutan.
After breakfast, Chimi and Jagu drove us to the town.
This Nepalese Stupa has a pair of eyes, so special!
Punakha Dzong
Then we came to the most beautiful Dzong in Bhutan- Punakha Dzong.
It was a super impressive Dzong with awesome architecture and atmosphere. The Dzong is located at the confluence of the Pho Chhu (father) and Mo Chhu (mother) rivers in the Punakha–Wangdue valley.
To me, the most impressive part of this Dzong is its quietness. I cannot believe that as a top class sightseeing sight, I could hardly see tourists inside. Except me and Lydia, we only met an American couple visiting the Dzong. So, I could really enjoy every bit of the Dzong, I could take time to take my photos and appreciate the art and paintings on the wall.
It is hard to explain the atmosphere of the Dzong. The closest word I can pick is PEACEFUL. I had this feeling in Tibet before, but it was destroyed by the Chinese tour group. In Bhutan, I felt very calm.
This is the main entrance of the Dzong, three staircases are for different classes of people to enter.
Look at the guitar that he is holding? this is the one I bought for Jimmy!
I said these balls look like bombs, they said they are Pearl.
We left the Dzong and walked toward the longest cantilever bridge in Bhutan.
When it was too hot, they folded their tradition dress this way.
We had a lot of fun passing this bridge just because of the green, the wind and the sound of valley.
Believe me, you can never feel this if you are not there.
When we got to the other side of the bridge, we had a beer at a small house.
Lydia was a bit drunk on the way back from the small house. Lydia and Chimi were singing together and Lydia felt that it was “大地在我腳下“ (the world is under my feet). She started to speak English to me the whole way and being super hyper! Non-stop talking and laughing. Hahahahahahahahha!
When we were at the car, Chimi always tried to wash the fruit for us to eat. Thank you Chimi!
We had lunch at the foothill of Chimi Lhakhang (Divide Madman temple). The view we were facing was like a poster. A very very green poster indeed. Wonderful to eat in front of this view and enjoy the breeze from the farm.
I did not want to leave the restaurant after lunch, it was too good to be true.
Today ended quite early as we had a long drive from Punakha to Paro. However, Lydia and I both enjoyed the day very much.
We had seen a super beautiful Dzong, Lydia got her hyper treat at the bridge and we had our lunch in front of the beautiful farmland.We were very satisfied.
