Yup, there it is, that white speck hanging onto the cliff. I was not counting on making it all the way.

First, the story.  According to legend, Guru Rimpoche, the “second Buddha”, who is credited with introducing  Buddhism to the kingdom, came to this place to suppress demons. He was carried here  by his Tibetan consort, who transformed herself into a flying tiger.

Here we are, a third of the way up, a stop at the tea house.

It looks so close! But it’s not. From this viewpoint you’re looking right at it, but to get there you have to go down, down, down, and then up, up, up.

So, we did it, and we even made it back without too much trouble, just taking our time, and carried along by a wave of excitement about having done it, and relief about not having to do it tomorrow.

The next day we drove to Chele La, the highest motorable pass in Bhutan. From here you can see the Haa Valley on one side and the Paro Valley on the other. And on a clear day, the Himalayas.

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