Changangkha Lakhang and the zoo

Last week Andy and I went to Changangkha Lakhang. This is a local monastery, where many families from Thimphu bring their babies for the naming ceremony. It is an old structure. I've shown pictures of it in previous posts, so I won't go into enormous detail. However, there were a couple of interesting things:

Prayer Wheel

Old Kitchen

Prayer flags

Went with  my apartment mates Keith and Jen for a final dinner together at the Cypress owned by a Nepali family. Had a great dinner:

Earlier today (29 March) Andy and I went to the Takin Preserve. This was just shy of 4 hours total walking. 

The takin is the national animal of Bhutan.  This is one seriously weird looking animal, as evidenced by the pictures below. However, the day was sparkling and warm and dry. It was a great workout and we were rewarded with the site of these animals.

That's probably going to be it for posts and pictures. Rest up this afternoon, dinner tonight, then clean up and pack tomorrow.  I fly to Bangkok on Druk Air, Bangkok to Stockholm via Thai Air, Stockholm to Newark via SAS, and then up to Boston via United.

No great philosophical take home messages from this trip. Nice people, trying their best in the face of multiple obstacles that would stop most of us cold in our tracks. We'll leave it at that.