Saturday, June 2, 2012

Bhutan land of GNH

Today is my second morning in Bhutan, after leaving Colorado, we arrived to Hong Kong and tried to catch up on things in two days and then we were off again on a plane to Bhutan, we had one night stay in Bangkok to catch a flight at 6:50 a.m. to Paro, Bhutan. A four hour flight because of one stop in Bangladesh. I will tell you that it was an impressive approach to the airport, right through two mountains and above the river! I am sort of happy that it was a bit cloudy to not see the entire approach. This is certainly not for the faint of heart! I have not been able to shoot much, but we did have a very funny incident while visiting one of the temples. We are traveling with Bill and Laura, a very fun couple from Chicago, they both have a great sense of humor!  I am in awe of Laura's mental capacity to retain knowledge! She reminds me so much of Ken in that way, always fun to surround yourself with brilliant people, hopefully some of it will stick!
Anyways, one of the local ladies at the temple comes up to us, impressed by Bill's height 6'4", and started to speak to us in her language, our guide  started to translate and she was telling us that she was very old and she would stroke her face. Shortly there after she moved on to another topic and quickly whipped out her breasts! I thought Bill was going to have a heart attack, the expression on his face was priceless! Bill quickly moved away and we stayed to chat with her and then she casually tucked her breasts back in to her dress.
Today we have a 5 1/2 car drive to our next destination Gangtey! I cannot wait to get out and shoot!
My first impression of Bhutan, lovely  mountains, great landscapes and beautifully detailed homes! I will hopefully have some photos to share with you later. By the way the GNH stands for Gross National Happiness, what Bhutan prides itself in, the concern of their people's happiness and the happiness of people in general around the world!
Nice, right?

1 comment:

  1. So she flashed her breasts because she is spreading "national happiness"? Why did she do this? Can't leave us hanging-pun intended!

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