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…..
The hike to the nunnery took a few hours through the clouds in the sky to dry pine forests to wet forests with rhododendron trees. Breathing fresh air was great and so was the hike was we neared the nunnery….
The nunnery was an old temple that was converted as a place for Buddhist nuns about 15 years ago. The live a simple life and are only allowed to leave the nunnery for 15 days a year, making their life very isolated as this is a long way from any civilization…..
Before reaching the hotel we had the chance to stop at a new micro brewery that just opened named Namgay Artisanal Brewerey. The owner has imported all of the equipment to brew his own beers and as we tried tasters of all of them we were amazed with the flavors. The bottle and send to different places in Bhutan a wheat beer, dark ale, and red rice beer. The three that they have on tap that are only at the brewery are a milk stout, IPA, and apple cider which is made from the freshest apples in Bhutan. They have a lovely selection of pub food and a menu that they will start pairing with beers for dinner as this brewery/restaurant will be one of the up and coming places in Bhutan for beer lovers!!!! They are working on their website, but you can see them on Facebook here.
