Three stupas (chortens) along the road in Paro |
Downtown Paro with the Paro Dzong in the distance |
Downtown Paro - Vajarayana Art Gallery along with a traditional boot shop and a Tashi Wanmo Handicrafts |
Paro's Main Street lined by a traditional townhouses on either side |
Paro Canteen (Paro Kitchen must have already been taken) |
Bhutan Telecom Ltd, Mika Tshongkhang - Distributor, Paro |
Hindu festival for the Nepali community in Paro |
Two small boys in the lower part of a window |
Superman and Friend, Paro-Bhutan |
A monk outside Chimi Dem General Shop, Downtown Paro |
The east end of Paro's Main Street |
Souvenirs of Bhutan, Paro |
Lhaki Handicraft, Paro |
Traditional Bhutanese boots, Paro |
Gho robes and the traditional boots of Bhutan, Paro |
The Paro River a short distance upstream from the town center |
The National Museum of Bhutan housed in an old defensive tower overlooking Paro |
Dumtse Lhakhang between hill and field |
Dumtse Lhakhang |
Dumtse Lhakhang |
A small roadside stupa, Paro |
Rice fields on the edge of Paro |
A house across from the Dumtse Lhakhang on the edge of Paro |
Bundles of grass tied along a fence |
Dumtse Lhakhang, Paro |
Bundles of grass tied along a fence |
The countryside goes right up to the town |
Dophu General Shop - Damje Shari, Paro |
Large penises painted on houses are less common in large places like Paro and Thimphu |
Dophu General Shop - Damje Shari, Paro |
Dennis in Bhutan with a traditional painting |
Traditional Bhutanese wall paintings - a large erect penis, Paro |
Admission to the Bhutan National Museum - 1 Foreigner = 4 Indians = 20 Locals |
Bhutan National Museum in an old watchtower, Paro |
Prayer Wheel, Bhutan National Museum |
Bhutan National Museum, Paro |
Bhutan National Museum, Paro |
Bhutan National Museum, Paro |
Bhutan National Museum, Paro |
A house near the National Museum, Paro |
View of Paro Airport from the National Museum of Bhutan |
Paro's Compact Downtown |
Downtown Paro, only a few streets wide and not even 1 km long |
Paro's Sunday Market |
Paro Market |
Paro Market |
Paro Market |
Paro Market |
Shopping for vegetables at Paro Market |
Paro Market |
Paro Market |
Paro Market |
A Bhutanese woman at the Paro Market |
A monk shopping at Paro Market |
A bearded monk, Paro Market |
Munching Monk, Paro |
Paro Market |
Paro Market |
Young marketeer, Paro |
Paro Market |
A Druk Air flight departing Paro flies low over the town |
Druk Choeding Temple, 1525 - Paro |
Vegetable gardens in Paro's Town Center |
Another temple in central Paro |
Chhoeten Lhakhang, Paro |
Downtown Paro |
Even ugly buildings in Bhutan have some traditional features |
Dragon Entertainment and Paro with Live Musical Band - Paro |
House in Paro with protective paintings |
Traditional house in Paro, Bhutan |
House with the traditional painted penis, protection against the Evil Eye |
House Penis, Paro |
Kyichu Lhakhang, Lamgong Gewog |
Kyichu Lhakhang, one of the oldest temples in Bhutan dating from the 7th Century |
Guru Rinpoche himself visited Kyichu Lhakhang in the 8th C. |
Guardian Kings mural, Kyichu Lhakhang |
Guardian Kings mural in need of restoration |
Courtyard of Kyichu Lhakhang Temple |
Kyichu Lhakhang is around 5km northwest of Paro |
Gilded roof, Kyichu Lhakhang |
Dennis at Kyichu Lhakhang |
Kyichu Lhakhang |
Prayer wheels, Kyichu Lhakhang |
Bhutan National Museum on the hillside overlooking Paro, illuminated at night |
Downtown Paro at night, Bhutan |
Paro Nightlife |
Paro Nightlife |
Photograph of the Kings of Bhutan, with Jigme, the 5th Druk Gyalpo on the left, with his father, the 4th Druk Gyalpo until 2006 |
Portrait of the 4th King of Bhutan as a young man |