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November 16, 2019 We had an uneventful layover in Doha. The airport is like grand central station 24 hours a day. We were clearly back in the “first world”, at least as far as airport security goes. Kathy read that Nepal has some of the worst airport security in the world; I’m not surprised byContinue reading “The last leg of our journey”

November 15, 2019 Today is our last day in Nepal. White is today’s color at the hotel. Here is the information about Friday: – the gem for the day is the diamond. – Venus is the planet. When it comes to the symbolic meaning of days, Venus is a highly appropriate “vibe” for Friday, theContinue reading “Friday’s color is white… Beginning the journey home”

November 14, 2019 Last night I received a yellow scarf to wear today. Today, two throw pillows in my room were also changed from green to yellow. Here is the information about Thursday. – The gem for this day is the sapphire. This one doesn’t make sense to me since the sapphire is blue. –Continue reading “Thursday’s color is Yellow”

November 13, 2019 For the first time during the trip, I didn’t need to set an alarm. It didn’t matter because I I woke up at 5 am! Maybe it is because we gained back the fifteen minutes we lost when we went to Bhutan! It is more likely that my body is used toContinue reading “The Color of the Day is Green”

November 12, 2019 It is difficult to believe that we are beginning the last part of our trip. Wang and Mr. Poo met us at 8:30 am to take us to the airport. Wang had had another late night at the snooker tables; he is the one who kept the group up late this timeContinue reading “Going back to Nepal”

November 11, 2019 Today is the birthday of the Fourth King and also Constitution day. We chose to celebrate by visiting the Tiger’s Nest Monastery, the highlight of any visitor’s trip to Bhutan. For this holiday, the children go to school but they have a celebration at school instead of regular classes. There were alsoContinue reading “Taktshang Goemba (The Tiger’s Nest Monastery)”

November 10, 2019 We left Punakha at about 8:30. I can’t say that I was sad to leave our hotel. It was a bit too simple for any of our tastes. In particular, the bath mat felt like I was standing on really pointy AstroTurf. It hardly made for a relaxing shower! That said, theContinue reading “Traveling to Paro and Having our Prayer Flags Blessed”

November 9, 2019 The stray dogs in Punakha seem to be night owls like the ones in Thimphu! They awakened me at some point in the middle of the night! Otherwise, my room in this very simple hotel provided a decent night’s sleep. With enough beds, my room could easily sleep eight people. We wereContinue reading “Hiking in Punakha”

November 8, 2019 Today we finished sightseeing in Thimpu before making the drive to Punakha, We visited the zoo where we had a walk around the grounds to see some takins, the national animal. The takin is the national animal because of it’s importance in religion and mythology. The story goes that the divine madmanContinue reading “Traveling to Punakha”

November 7, 2019 Today was a bit of a whirlwind, we began with local festival and ended with a visit to the area where the parliament meets and saw many things in between. Thimpu is the National capital and has a population of 100,000; the population of the entire country is only 750,000! Wang andContinue reading “Thimpu and environs”