01/22/19 - Welcome to Gangtey We left Punakha, and once again were on a winding mountain road riding through wild forest with snow capped hills in the distance and glimpses of rivers far below. We followed Bhutan’s east-west highway, then turned south to the Pobjikha Valley and Gangtey, beautiful isolated farm country. We had no sooner settled into the Amankora there than we took a walk from the hotel through the countryside. We went through a farm village, past drying turnips, half wild cattle and black necked cranes. Yes, there they were, wintering in the wetlands of the valley and foraging on the crop stubble. |
 The river in Punakha |
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 A rest stop en route |
 Mountain road |
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 More mountain road and snow capped peaks |
 Yet more of the road |
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 And even more |
 Amankora Gangtey |
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 Farm land |
 A farm shed |
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 Black necked cranes |
 One of those cranes again |
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 A farm field with drying turnips |
 More cranes, farther afield |
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 Traditional Bhutanese architecture |
 The farm road |
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 Beautiful rock |
 Red branch tips, a sign of spring |
Keywords: bhutan |
