Everything Random

Today is my last day in Bhutan.

I started the day by saying goodbye to my travel buddies, who have been very patient with me throughout this trip. After having breakfast, Ritwik kindly arranged to make sure I had some American breakfast experience before they went, and we said our goodbyes.  My flight was only around 3 pm that day, so I decided to go around Paro. The river above is just in front of our beautiful hotel, so it was my first stop.

Then I went to Bhutan’s national museum, perched atop a cliff overlooking Paro Valley. As I was very early, I was the only one there.

The museum chronicles the history of Bhutan and it’s culture.  You start with the topmost floor of the building, and weave your way down. It was an eerie feeling as the walls were called and the silence was deafening. I managed to go through all the sections, but hastily though, as I can somehow feel that somebody is watching me.

My next stop was a beautiful cafe quite a few kilometres away from Paro on the way to Thimpu. I saw the cafe as we were travelling towards Paro the other day and looked it up on the net. The name is Your Cafe, and it is located beside the Neyphug Heritage House overlooking the ricefield.

Finally, I stopped by the Rinpunh Dzong, which was built in 1645. It’s a Buddhist monastery and fortress which is also used as an administrative office of the Paro government. I had my picture taken there by my guide.