Apr 07
(Final Part of the Bhutan Trek Series) See here for Part 3 – Into the Himalayas: Beginning the Chomolhari Trek Day 4 – Climbing Toward 16,000 Feet I woke early that morning. I wanted to catch the sunrise lighting up Mount Jomolhari, and I also knew we had a big day ahead of us. Our …
Mar 25
(Part 3 of the Bhutan Trek Series)Go back to Part 2…. Continuing Up the Paro Valley After a wet, snowy first day trekking up the Paro Valley—and an even colder night sleeping in the tent—we woke to a simple but welcome breakfast prepared over a campfire at the stone hut in Thang Thanka. The snow …
Mar 09
Intro The plane banked sharply between two mountains as we descended toward the tiny airport in Paro, Bhutan. For a moment it felt like the wing might scrape the cliffs. That’s when it really hit us. We were about to begin an 11-day trekking adventure into the Himalayas. Bhutan had been on our bucket list …
