Visit to Taktsang monastery

So on Saturday, the young administrative officer of our college organized a trip to the famous Taktsang monastery for Amy and Rachel, two British girls who were here for a week conducting a workshop for the English students on how to teach English as a foreign language, and myself.

Taktsang monastary - literally 'Tiger´s Nest'. The story goes that Guru Rimpoche, the man who brought buddhism to Bhutan from India, flew to Taktsang on the back of a Tiger. (So as you might imagine, inside the monastery you can see lots of pictures of him on a tiger). I can´t imagine why else anyone would look at this cliff and think, 'i know.. I´ll build a monastery THERE!'

The hike up was about 2 hours, through a widely spaced forest, with great views on every side. Yes, more prayer flags, I truly love them


Apparently several youth clubs nearby take charge of keeping the trail to Taktsang free from garbage. Several times on the path up, we passed hilarious garbage 'bins'




A picture of me, in case you´ve forgotten what I look like...

Taktsang monastery.. Truly beautiful. We were not allowed to take any cameras inside, but we were lucky enough to see several altars, and light a few trays of butter lamps. It is an airy perch, that´s for sure.
Amy, Rachel and I, at the top of the climb.


Another temple in the cliff. With another fabulous garbage can...