Bhutan International Airport.
We flew in so hard, we bent the props. The Captain made a marvelous, smooth landing.
The Queen Visits the Main airport.
This is the baggage claim area. It's very secure because everyone can see everyone else and most of them know everybody anyway.
This is a wonderful bakery in the town of Pardo. One of the things you quickly notice is there are dogs everywhere. They are well behaved and appear to belong to no one. The general population feeds them scraps.
Prayer flags are EVERYWHERE. Their sounds, in the wind, are amazing, peaceful and relaxing.
Prayer wheels are everywhere. Every time you spin it around, a prayer goes up to the heavens. If you give it a good push, you get a big return. Of course, children want to do it, though it is hard if you don't want them to dismount from their perch.
Chili Peppers are found drying everywhere. Hanging from strings on windows and doorways, covering roof tops, and on walkways.
The symbol for one of their Old Gods.
Though the dogs are mongrels, they have interbred into a very handsome species on their own .
Peppers, everywhere peppers..
Courtyard monk, who just sat in the sun twisting the prayer wheel back and forth, reciting his afternoon prayers.
An Old God protecting a doorway.
Evening prayers for the monks in training.
Accompanying some of the prayers were vertical prayer drums, always in perfect sync.
A lot of prayers to go through tonight.
Court yard Magpies, enjoying the coming evening's cool.
Women's lives are extremely hard in the back country.
Large amounts of physical labor, all the while, tending to the children. This lady is picking turnips for winter storage. It was amazingly hot, in the sun, that day. The raw turnips were delicious. They get sorted in the fields for size. The ones that are smaller are left for the cows to eat in the fields over the winter.
Women bring some of their fresh produce to sell in the market.
Schooling isn't an option for country children. They learn by observing their parents and living day by day.
