Cliffhanger
Taktshang Goempa (Tiger's Nest Monastery), north of Paro, Bhutan. The monastery is reached by a dusty and at times quite unpleasant walk of 3 hours and 600 vertical metres up (no thanks to people paying big bucks to ride horses which makes the trail even dustier and paves it with horseshit), considerably less running down.
Most people do the walk in the morning and have lunch at the midway restaurant on the way down. Big mistake.... The winter sunlight doesn't illuminate the main façade and buildings until the late afternoon (and never illuminates the north side) I waited 3 hours at the uppermost viewpoint (where nobody goes) until the light became more palatable.
Framed by prayer flags.
Cliffhanger
Taktshang Goempa (Tiger's Nest Monastery), north of Paro, Bhutan. The monastery is reached by a dusty and at times quite unpleasant walk of 3 hours and 600 vertical metres up (no thanks to people paying big bucks to ride horses which makes the trail even dustier and paves it with horseshit), considerably less running down.
Most people do the walk in the morning and have lunch at the midway restaurant on the way down. Big mistake.... The winter sunlight doesn't illuminate the main façade and buildings until the late afternoon (and never illuminates the north side) I waited 3 hours at the uppermost viewpoint (where nobody goes) until the light became more palatable.
Framed by prayer flags.