At the Farmhouse
Grandfather and the baby
Trimming turnips
Shed full of turnips
Pimba Playing Darts
My one and only bullseye
Turnip leaves drying
He always had his eyes on his grandfather
Washing up
This is from a neighbor’s cow who choked on a turnip
Amazed
Milking lesson in Bhutan
My attempt
Dad and baby
Our ‘guest room’ cum altar room
Washing dishes
The farmhouse
Climbing the front ladder (aka steps)
Warming up in the kitchen
People
Kids at school goofing off (they loved seeing the freeze-frame image on my camera)
Kids studying at school
Bathtime
Two women walking over a bridge
We caught these girls on their way home from school
From the school bus window, these boys begged me to take a photo of them
Woman carrying her baby in the customary way
Weaving
Laying rice out to dry
Boy sculpting a statue of Buddha
Festival dancer
Festival dancer
Festival dancer
Festival dancer
Costume adjustment time
Festival dancer
A game of darts
Me watching
Monks watching
The dart ‘board’ (literally)
Rehearsal for a festival
Rehearsal for a festival
The elder getting involved in the rehearsal
Two village elders during the festival rehearsal
Little girl peaking at the festival rehearsal
Man outside of a temple
Pimba, our driver
David and Dhana
Temples, etc.
Tiger’s Nest
Yak eating prayer flags
Insence laying out to dry
Fire lake (where a man is said to have emerged with a burning candle)
Fire lake
Fire lake
Fire lake
Stupa
Prayer Wheels
Prayer flags littered mountain passes
Stopping for tea on a long drive
Crossing a suspended bridge
An old fortress
Chilis drying on a rooftop
More prayer flags
Prayer flags at Chimi Lhakhang
More prayer flags and rice paddies
Harvesting rice
Outside of Punakha Dzong
Young Monk
Young Monk at Punakha Dzong
Entering Punakha Dzong
Outside of Punakha Dzong
Rice
Posing with a prayer wheel
Prayer wheel
Enjoying my new favorite fruit
View from Khamsum Yuley Lakhang (Temple)
David staring down a stray dog
Man selling fruit at the prayer wheel
More prayer flags
Harvesting rice
Another suspension bridge
View of the Himalayas
108 stupas are on this mountain pass
Thimphu
Ashes of the dead are pressed together with written messages and laid out in holy places
Monk entering the temple
Buddha
Buddha (still under construction
And again, Buddha
Somewhere Seeking 