Bhutan - Day 2

Thimphu 7:30 AM- it's cold and quiet:

except for dogs- they are everywhere

 Memorial Chorten:

 Thimphu:

 Giant Buddha (in construction):

with an Indian pilgrim family

 Changangkha Lhakhang:

prayers flags waiting to float in the sky



Zilukha Nunnery - drying prayers before putting them in prayer wheels:



a taxi

in Thimphu streets

Simtokha Dzong:

I finally met Pema who was my "e-student" in a World Bank financial literacy training back in 2005! We had tea together, and her husband and one of her daughters.