Clouds at sunrise cover the capital city of Thimphu

Himalayan mountains in mist

Dzong buildings - typical Bhutanese architecture

Three Chortens, centuries old - left Bhutanese, center Nepali, right Tibetan - representing 3 types of Buddhism

Classic Bhutanese doorway

Our esteemed guide at a locked golden door of a monastery in the Punakha Dzong

Black hat Dancer - Wangdue Phodrang Tsechu (Festival)

With drum - performing one of the more sacred dances during the Tsechu

Colorful hand-woven kiras (dresses) worn by women at the Tsechu

Weekend market at Thimphu

 Bhutanese girls at Tsechu

Young monk at Tsechu

Valley view from the Trongsa Dzong

Himalayan trail markers on display at the Botanic Gardens near Thimphu

Public carrier of goods often found on the National Highway

Indian laborer tarring road

Himalayan mountain (foothill) at 4000 meters, covered with Rhododendrons

Lone Larch (Larix griffithiana) near 4000 meters.

Puna Tsang Chu (River) near Wangdue Phodrang

 Himalayan white water

 Trekking in the forest above Paro

Fall colors near treeline - Druk Path Trek - 4000 meters

Anemone vitifolia

Leontopodium sp.. 

Gentiana prolata

Gentiana sp.

Cyananthus incanus 

Gaultheria trichophylla

Pedicularis siphonantha (Meta lugro - sheep's horn in Bhutanese)

Potentilla peduncularis  (with sleet)

 Rhododendron anthopogon

Rhododendron setosum