If we thought Paro was a bit warm, Punakha was crazy hot and humid, but the valley was gorgeous. We arrived in Punakha after a fun drive from Thimpu, in which I was thanking my motion-sickness patch every hairpin turn along the way.The COMO Punakha property is stunning, it's new, … [Read more...]
An Afternoon in the Paro Valley, Including Bhutan’s National Museum
On our first day in Bhutan, after a lunch at Uma Paro, we took a 1 to 1.5 hour hike from our hotel to the National Museum in Paro. The hike was pretty--the first of a few hikes we would take, with gorgeous viewpoints down into the valley.It was HOT. Don't let anyone tell you the … [Read more...]
Our Wonderful Day-Tour of Bangkok: Impressions from First-Timers
We were in Bangkok for a little more than 48 hours...which isn't very long for a city that is THAT big, THAT varied, with THAT much to see. It was our very first trip to Bangkok, a necessary but also desired stop on our way to Bhutan.We knew, more or less, what we wanted to see … [Read more...]
