Leaving Kathmandu, we headed to Pokhara which is a lakeside town that is beautifully built.  The scenery along the way does not need writing but viewing the photos below… ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] If you can get away from the scary roads with the buses and trucks, then you can notice people everywhere living…

From Waterfalls and Mountain Scenery to Chitwan National Park In Pokhara we had the chance to visit a lovely waterfall that went to an underground cave and see how the Hindus made a shrine out of it which was miraculous to see… ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] We had the opportunity to go to a…

Chitwan National Park was the first National Park established in Nepal in 1973.  Since its inception, it has garnered world wide attention for its grasslands and subtropical deciduous forests.  Its main claim to fame is of course the One-Horned Indian Rhinoceros which has its largest Nepalese population here in this park.   ………………………………………………………………. A great…

Its not often that you run into a problem with landslides going back on the main mountain highway of a place, but we sure did, however, that did not deter us from making the best out of it as there were many photos to be had along this slow journey… ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]…

Paro to Thimphu Flying in from Dhaka, we only had six people on our flight which is probably a record for me on any flight I have ever taken.  Immigration was cleared in a second and the only problem I had was paying a 200 percent tax on tobacco (this would have been a good…

Thimphu Area Thimphu is the capital city of Bhutan with around 150,000 people.  Built in a valley among some mountain passes and next to a river, it is one of the most picturesque cities from the mountains in a lot of Asia.  ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] We went to a Memorial Chorten Stupa and…

Road to Punakha As the scenery here is amazing, we left Thimphu and went over the pass to Punakha through pristine trees and lovely mountain scenery.  The pass at the top had a memorial to the soldiers who lost their life during the Indian insurgents who lived in a part of the country some years…

Road to Phobjikha It is time to get up into the highlands of the country as we go from 4500 feet to 9600 feet in just a few hours of driving along some of the most brilliant landscape you can imagine.  Going along the windy roads was met with the brilliance of the pine covered…

Highlands to Paro We left the beautiful highlands in the morning on our long road back to Paro seeing the scenery that we passed just days before, and yet it was still amazing as the people were out going about their every day life and the clouds were floating above… ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]…

As we were driving up to over 12000 feet to a hike to a nunnery, the views were amazing covered by sun one minute and foggy clouds the next….. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] The hike to the nunnery took a few hours through the clouds in the sky to dry pine forests to wet…

Bhutan Paro to Thimphu Around the Capital Thimphu On the Road to Punakha On the Road to the Highlands Highlands to Paro Nunnery and Brewery Paro Taktsang– The Tigers Nest If you have spent your life living in El Paso and you look at the architecture of Bhutan, you will notice the country looks like…

Tigers Nest or Paro Taktsang is a Himalayan Buddhist site that is located just a few minutes from the town of Paro.  This site is one of the most iconic and visited places in all of Bhutan and should not be missed if you travel here. Of course we had our last day of on…

Floating Market and Way Back to Dhaka As our time in Bangladesh was coming to an end, it would be ever so fitting to spend most of our last day on the water, as this country does have over 700 rivers . We got up early and made our way a couple hours to a…

 On the road and water to Barisal Leaving the Sundarbans area we headed in NE direction to Barisal, and of course there was a lot of color on the road with people living there everyday lives in small villages that we drove by and also walked around…. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] We had the…

The Largest Mangrove Forest in the World The Sundarbans is one of the natural wonders of the world as it is the largest Mangrove Forest in the world that spreads across Bangladesh and West Bengal in India.  About 2/3 of it is in Bangladesh while the remaining 1/3 is in India and it draws people…

Banana Markets, Off the highway villages, and goats on top of buses   The Road to Khulna was filled with different types of people from banana farmers to people waiting on the road for their rides, and even over-packed carts full of people waiting to be dropped off to their villages. This seems to be…

A country that will surprise even the most skeptical traveler             For Bangladesh in Winter of 2019-2020 click Here Bangladesh is a country is South Asia sandwiched in by India, Nepal, and Myanmar with an outlet to the Bay of Bengal and the mouth of the Ganges River.  As one…

Tangail- The Jungle Countryside Leaving Dhaka, we headed through some back roads on the outskirts of Dhaka through the highway to some back roads in the country.  We stopped at a beautiful pottery village (which was by no means tourist oriented) as no one tried to sell us anything at all.  Instead we were followed…

On the Road to Rajshani Leaving the jungle like countryside, we headed back to the crowded highway with the chorus of big beeping trucks jamming the highway with their shipments of produce from the fertile north to the rest of Bangladesh.  We stopped at a small weaving village along the way where electric machines run…

Dhaka Dhaka is a massive city of about 18-20 million people.  As any big city the traffic is always a problem, however the many rickshaws (about 2 million of them) help alleviate the traffic just a little.  Dhaka is divided into two parts, the old city and the new city.  The new city lined with…