Walking And Praying
Description: Monks and nuns want to be comfortable too, thus the puffy jacket and new shoes. It gets cold in rural Bhutan. Location: Bumthang Valley, Bhutan, Asia Photograph copyright Peter Continue Reading →
Category: Bhutan
Light On The Light
Description: Sometimes the devotional butter lamp candles of Buddhist temples are housed in their own space. Often times, this is after an accident has caused a fire, as all the Continue Reading →
Alpenglow In Haa Valley
Description: It was the second to last night of our Bhutan photo tour in 2013 when the snows started in the Haa Valley of Bhutan. A bit beautiful at first Continue Reading →
More Masked Dancing
Description: Continuing the theme from the past few days, it’s time to experience the Cham dance. As much as you can from a screen. 🙂 Location: Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia Photograph Continue Reading →
Eyes Behind The Mask
Description: Masked dancers don’t have the greatest field of view. Dances at a tshechu, or festival, in Bhutan are often a slow affair. Take a look here in Wikipedia. Location: Continue Reading →
Next On Stage: Black Hat Dancers
Description: The Black Hat Dance, or Cham dance, is something of a regular at Bhutanese festivals. Having a look around YouTube for examples makes me want to grab a video Continue Reading →
Mask Fitting
Description: More prep work for a masked dance high in the Himalayas of Bhutan. Location: Bumthang Dzongkha, Bhutan, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
Bhutanese Mask
Description: In 2023, while leading a photo tour through Nepal and Bhutan, we had the good fortune to witness not only a day of festivities and celebration in a small Continue Reading →
Lone Tsa Tsa
Description: A lone tsa tsa sits along the shelf in a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan. Location: Jamphel Lhakhang ???????????????, Bumthang, Bhutan Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All right reserved
Dancing Colors
Description: The masked dances in Bhutan, while not overly flashy by American standards, make up for it with bright fashion. Location: Bumthang Region, Bhutan, Asia copyright Peter West Perry. All Continue Reading →
Punakha Dzong In The Spring
Description: In the middle of Bhutan sits one of the most nicely situated dzongs (fortress with both government and religious administration) in all of Bhutan. Punakha Dzong is well placed Continue Reading →
Circling The Temple
Description: A Buddhist nun circles along the outside wall of an ancient temple in rural Bhutan. Location: Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All Rights Reserved.
So Many Chortens!
Description: Dochula Pass, the main pass Eastbound out of Bhutan’s capital of Thimphu, is adorned with 108 chortens and makes for a peaceful spot to stop and stretch your legs. We Continue Reading →
Landing In Paro, Bhutan
Description: Do you see that hill beyond the airport of Paro, Bhutan? That’s the main way into Bhutan for anyone traveling by air. It makes for an interesting landing as Continue Reading →
Placid Bhutan River In Bumthang
Description: Near the middle of Bhutan, up a scenic, short hike, the rivers flow clean and cold. Location: Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Continue Reading →
Exploding Prayer Flag Colors
Description: Not your ordinary prayer flag colors, with the help of a technique known as Zoom Blur. Location: Bhutan, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing Continue Reading →
Nepal And Bhutan Photo Tours Are Set For 2023
I am happy to announce two photo tours to Nepal and Bhutan have been rescheduled to 2023! Nepal’s Wildlife, Temples & Vistas Photo Tour is 14 days long while Bhutan’s Continue Reading →
Steep Steps
Description: A pair of monks share the load climbing the very steep steps of the Punakha Dzong. The steps were intentionally built this steep to make the fortress more defensible. Continue Reading →
Monk On A Bridge
Description: A Buddhist monk looks out across a river on a covered bridge. Title: Monk On A Bridge Location: Punakha, Bhutan, Asia – Join a Photo Tour to Nepal or Bhutan Continue Reading →
Meet The Yak At Its Level
Description: A guest on one of my photo tours to Bhutan is seen getting low and close enough to a grazing yak in Bhutan’s Phobjikha Valley. Title: Meet The Yak At Continue Reading →
Hand-Scale In Action
Description: No need for an electric scale when what you have been using for decades still works. This is a market in Punakha, Bhutan, where those red and green chili peppers Continue Reading →
Zooming Prayer Flags
Description: A fun technique when the light is low or your have an ND filter on your lens. Set the shutter to 1/10 of a second or slower and then Continue Reading →
Monks Feed The Pigeons
Description: By the looks of it, the pigeons in Trongsa, Bhutan, get feed fairly often. Title: Monks Feed The Pigeons Location: Trongsa, Bhutan, Asia – Join a Photo Tour Continue Reading →
Hand Weaving In Bhutan
Description: Bhutan’s largest exports are hydroelectricity and tourism, but coming in a distant third is handicrafts still produced on hand looms as shown here. While Bhutan does not export large quantities Continue Reading →
Wide Open Spaces Of The Phobjikha Valley
Description: Pulling off the main (only) road across Bhutan, there is a quiet valley to the South called Phobjikha. When I first visited in 2011 there was no electricity wired into Continue Reading →
Punakha Dzong – Photo Of The Day
Title: Punakha Dzong Location: Punakha, Bhutan, Asia Description: One of the most perfectly set fortresses (dzongs) in Bhutan, the Punakha Dzong sits at the confluence of two glacier fed rivers tumbling down Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – All The Cheese
Title: All The Cheese Location: Bumgthang, Bhutan, Aisa Description: Fresh cheese in Bhutan is a treat and thanks to some enterprising Swiss who started a large(-ish) operation, it’s plentiful in Bumthang. Join Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Prayer Flags In The Wind
Title: Prayer Flags In The Wind Location: Bumthang Valley, Bhutan, Asia Description: On a pass heading to the center of Bhutan is a wayside with countless prayer flags spreading their hope for Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Punakha Dzong’s Ornate Entrance
Title: Punakha Dzong’s Ornate Entrance Location: Punakha, Bhutan, Asia Description: Steep stairs lead up to the entrance of Punakha Dzong. Built as a fortification, the stairs are a defense strategy to make Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Prayer Flags Above Thimphu, Bhutan
Title: Prayer Flags Above Thimphu, Bhutan Location: Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia Description: Not far out of the largest city in Bhutan are miles of trails winding through the wooded countryside. Join me in Continue Reading →