Wordless Wednesday
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BHUTAN: ITS ANCIENT PAST IS ITS FUTURE
A piece of Shang-ri-La
Tiger’s Nest Monastery, Bhutan
BHUTAN IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES YOU CAN’T GET TO FROM HERE. And if you’re a budget traveler, you can’t get there from anywhere. Bhutan enforces a fixed daily rate of US$250 on tourists during high seasons and $200 during off seasons. You are not permitted to travel without a guide and driver, and there are some restricted areas you still can’t visit. If you travel as a single traveler as I did, you pay a surcharge of $40 per day. When I asked Kinga, my guide, why the government restricted travelers like this, he said: “To keep the backpackers out. We want to protect our culture. We don’t want Bhutan to become another Katmandu.” I guess you have to respect that kind of thinking.
Water-driven prayer wheel in a forest of pine and cypress
Traditional window in a wall of stone
To facilitate maintaining their…
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CFFC: The Colors Blue and White
Blue and white for Cee – springy…summery! Magnolia, blue skies and white clouds.
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Magnolia
SL-WEEK 39: Candle
Candle light in Sweden is perhaps mostly connected to winter and Christmas time. In the header, the wreath of box and candles I make every year for our dining room.
For Sylvain Landry – Candle.
Medieval restaurant in Riga – only candle light.
The chandelier in Frösö Church, Jämtland, Sweden.
A simple candle at my winter table.
This Is Not a Painting
…but the evening sun lingering on a red house standing by the river pond, giving reflections in the water.
Or…?
Have a great new week!
Silent Sunday
Travel theme: Balance
Balance – here is my absolute favourite from Madrid and my Glorious students!
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Students’ intricate connections…
Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Wheels
Travel theme: Refreshing
I find the colour pink very refreshing…
Ailsa wants some good solutions here…and what about roses? New Dawn or old bush roses – I find both of them charmingly fresh. Other solutions? Click here.
These tiny roses come from a more than one hundred year old bush. An old lady had them growing in her garden and I asked if I might dig up a piece – and she gave me permission to do so. They still are a feast to the eye every June.
WPC: Future
Future – if we have one. A difficult topic. I choose to talk about the nearest future. What I know will happen in my garden and in my forest, in a week or two.
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