Taktsang Trip # 2

Well.. the good thing is that it's not too hard to decipher html! For some reason, when I go to upload a picture, it doesn't show up as a picture, but rather as code, so it's a bit of guessing game where to type..

Anyways, last weekend I went up to Taktsang Monastery (Tiger's Nest) again, this time with Bolora and Bod, the two Mongolian students, and with Jigme Dorji and Pema, their Bhutanese student counterparts. Since the monsoon has arrived early this year, Pema came well equiped, with THREE umbrellas. The good thing about an umbrella is that it can shield you from the sun as well as the rain. Truly the most elegant hiking I've ever seen. Bhutanese people must wear their national dress into the monastery, so either you bring it along in your backpack, or you trek the couple hours uphill in your fancy wear.

Such a beautiful monastery. Cameras are not allowed, so you'll just have to imagine what you see when you actually get there.. This time we went into 5 different monasteries within Taktsang, each with their own flavour.



It actually did start raining on our trip down, so the umbrellas came in handy!



Some more prayer flags... yes, I know, I am addicted



Another monastery in the cliff. I believe this one is where Guru Rimpoche's consort meditated.



even monks do laundry! I am still curious as to whether ALL of their clothing has to be red (socks? underwear?)



The newly widened path. Apparently it used to be quite a hairy walk across the cliff, but now, while I wouldn't ride a horse down the path, I'm certainly not scared to walk it.