Roses outside the building

Another painting

Someone different, but unknown

Building within the courtyard

Monks in the courtyard

Animal carvings on the facade

Animal carvings on the facade

Carving of a Garuda, a large mythical bird, on the corner of a building

Road congestion of the way to the Takin Preserve

The last stop of the day was at the Bhutan Takin Preserve where, after hiking some distance along a fence line, we finally found a group of takin, the national animal of Bhutan. Legend says the takin (a strange looking animal) was created when a god put a goat head on a cow.  We also saw some Sambar deer, very pretty little things. We finally got back to the hotel at 4:45 – it was a long day filled with many different experiences.

Sign for the Takin Preserve

Picture of a takin and her baby "borrowed" from the internet

Tashi feeding a takin

Takin closeup

Sambar deer

Tomorrow we drive to Paro and fly to Kathmandu, Nepal to continue our adventures in a new country.

Thimphu street sweeper

Terin getting the luggage tied down