Bhutan :Paro

Paro





After couple of days at Thimpu, started the last leg of the journey towards 'Paro' .  It takes about 2hrs from Thimpu in a share taxi. Lovely freshly laid Tarmac. 



After checking into a hotel and lunch , walked around town . Paro, is a small town compared to Thimpu. Houses at Paro are just two storied and spare traffic unlike Thimpu. Most people who travel to Bhutan fly into Paro and then move on.  On the way back of exploring the place , I found a gathering and school children and it turned out to be an evening where students were dancing to various tunes - some old traditional songs, some new ones.  I had by then gotten familiar with most of the songs , from my long journey to bumthang. Some had nice catchy pop tunes. After that it was just reading and rest.




Next day was a buffer day at Paro , kept for any travel related delays like land slides etc.  Basically a day to just rest , eat , walk around and that's what I did. Walked to the post office to check out the stamps however came back disappointed with just two or three regular stamps. As an avid stamp collector during my school days , had some wonderful 3D (yes) and colorful Bhutanese stamps that an uncle of mine had brought back. Wanted to visit the Thimpu post office but it was closed for the festival and so Paro was the only option. 



And then walked to Dzong


The next day early morning took a taxi to the base of tiger's nest (500rs round trip) and then walked up the mountain.




If you walk at a normal pace with few breaks to take pics and catch up on oxygen , it takes  about 40mins till the midpoint where there is a cafe . After that its another one hour.






The next day was getting to Hasimara and the train back to Calcutta

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