Bhutan, Land of the Thunder Dragon

Sadly, today is the last day of biking so we had a bit of a lie in and got started on our valley ride at 9:30.

Stopped in at 14th century Tamshing Lhakhang Monastery to admire some incredible murals – the exterior murals that we could photo graph were even impressive.

Second stop, Kurjey Lhakhang Monastery where Guru Rinpoche’s body is said to be printed on a rock.

Third stop was Jambay Lkakhang. Built in 659, it is said to be one of the 108 temples built by a Tibetan King in 659 on a single day, to pin down an ogress to earth forever.

We appear to be a marked group now. Other bus-bound tourists have been chatting us up curious about the bikes. On Danish sounding woman seemed quite envious today.

Next up, hotel lunch followed by The Strong Man competition – and it was right next door. There were nine crazy contestants and four crazy events that had to be done back to back:

It took 5 guys to wheel the log back to start point.

Log = 110 kg

Sand = 130 kg

Tires = 120 kg

Three contestants finished, top two go on to nationals in December.

Checked out the shops in New Town – a nice young woman gave me some off cuts for free – fabrics were gorgeous.

It was “good-bye” to two of the crew after dinner after stripping our bikes.