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eventful first day in the country for sure! And it certainly wouldn’t be our
last fascinating day there.

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On the 3 day of our Bhutanese adventure, I was the accident victim. This
time, no manic animal could be blamed for the mishap. It was my own loss

of attention. We climbed to the Tango Monastery outside Thimphu on a

beautiful morning and all of us felt terrific; Kay & I were over the jet lag and

had acclimatized sufficiently to enjoy a hike to 10,000 ft. plus. Dan was over
the malaise he had brought from Tibet and ready for an invigorating walk in

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the pine forests up to this home of the 12 incarnation of one of the
Bhutanese lamas. He is currently 15 years old and he did not give us an

audience despite our march to his home.

Monks were taking a holiday and we met many of them coming down the

path towards their town visit. Buddhist faithful families were climbing up
with us to make sacrifices and perform prayers at the monastery. The trails

were busy and colorful with flowers and beautiful red-orange monk robes,

and many manifestations of the national costume on the ladies and

gentlemen carrying babies and tending youngsters. It was a wonderful day

and experience to be sharing with the Bhutanese people.