For Cee this Thursday – A Rock or two, and the very rocky hike towards Stenshuvud in Kivik, Sweden.
Tankar
Thursday Thoughts – The End of the Journey
At the end of this journey – I send my love to the mountains and valleys of Bhutan…
to all its beautiful dzongs and chortens…
to its pristine rural landscapes…
to the beauty of its religion and traditions…
to its lovely flowers and trees…
to its loving people…
and beautiful art…
to its healthy stone baths…
to its humorous games…
and to its beautiful children.
And my sincere gratefulness to our excellent guides, who really went out of their way to show us everything and to share their immense knowledge of the country and its people.
The lovely Jenny Adhikari (left) – find her here: https://www.beyondbordersnepal.com
And our eminent local guide, Rinzen (so sorry I never got his last name!). Thank you also for answering all our strange questions and spending precious time in the evenings to explain about life in Bhutan, its customs and religion!
We travelled happily with https://www.varldensresor.se/resor/himalaya/askdrakens-rike
Have you missed out on some posts in this Bhutan series – most of them are here :
Rinpung Dzong – Bhutan and Its People
Walking Home – Slow Contemplation
Thursday Thoughts – 108 Chortens and a Himalayan Panorama
Saving the World, and the Contents of a Pouch
Thursday Thoughts – Beyond Beauty
Thursday Thoughts – Thimpu in My Heart
Thursday Thoughts – Taktshang Goemba, or Tiger’s Nest
Wordless Wednesday
CFFC: Barns or Any Dilapidated Buildings
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Barns or Any Dilapidated Buildings
For Cee – two of my absolute favorites – but I hope you can enjoy them even if they appeared last year on my blog!
Snapshots Along the Road
A short trip to celebrate my son’s birthday – resulted in some other lovely meetings as well. The typical Swedish Spring landscape and and a Grand Rooster and his pretty girl.
I spotted him because of his loud speech, and immediately fell in love with this handsome gentleman…
”Just wanted to show off my gal…”, he eyed me. Isn’t she just perfect? Well, yes, of course she is. Thank you for following me to the gate so I could get a glimpse of her! And … maybe I am just a little bit jealous!
Silent Sunday
In the Evening Light I saw…
Thursday’s Special: Pick a word in May
Paula of “Lost in Translation” has posted a great set of words for her Pick a Word challenge this month. I love this challenge, not only because I find it interesting how people interpret words, but also because I learn new words and build my language at the same time.
iconic
cleaved
propagation (the litter of one grand lagotto romagnolo)
marginal
zoomorphic
Thursday Thoughts – Taktshang Goemba or Tiger’s Nest
Guru Padmasambhava, popularly known as Guru Rinpoche, visited and sanctified Bhutan in the 8th century when evil spirits abounded and harmed people.
Legend has it that Guru Rinpoche flew to this site on a tigress’ back to subdue a local demon. Thereafter, he meditated here for more than three months. Taktshang Goemba or Tiger’s Nest Monastery is one of Bhutan’s most sacred religious sites. It hangs on a cliff 3120 meters above the Paro Valley. Every Bhutanese should visit once during their lifetime.
This was our last day in Bhutan, and maybe the one I will keep as the greatest gem
Let there be no sound, no words too many…
“Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have”
Buddha
Family is of greatest importance to the Bhutanese people
Magical forests too…
…Pristine in the fresh air of the Himalayas
Meeting so many lovely friends on my three hours’ journey
Taktshang Goemba
Turning back again, walking alone – but then again, not
“There is no path to Happiness. Happiness is the path.”
Buddha
WPC: Place in the World
”All cities — especially the big ones — have a way of reminding you of your place in the world.” I like that – but I go to Nature for that feeling. The difference is – Nature is not man made, at least it is less man made…
My place in the world is wherever my family is…and My place is in the great outdoors……where I can feel my own true size – which is that of an ant…
…my total insignificance – and yet, the importance
of acting to preserve our Nature, our National Parks,
the animals’ habitats – our heritage…
in order to return it with love and pride to our children –
I hope we will not have destroyed all of its magic,
its inspiration or its serenity.
I intend to keep loving Nature, my place in the world; trying my best not to leave anything but footprints, and take nothing but photos.
My hope is for the world to realize that we need each other – Man and Nature, Nature and Man. And that in fact, the end of Nature is the end of Man.
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