Drametse

For the Yongphula Tshechu, which blessed my school with a three-day holiday in the middle of the week, Scott and I had some visitors – fellow BCF teachers Julian and Shauna who are teaching in Bartsam, north of Kanglung, and John and Maureen who are teaching in Wamrong, south of Kanglung.

We had a fun-filled four nights and three days together, which included one day at the Tshechu and two other day-excursions.

On Friday, we hopped in a taxi and headed to Drametse, a town which Scott and I can see across the valley from Kanglung on the clear day and is the home of one of the most important monasteries in Eastern Bhutan.

Once we got to the town, we headed up the hill for a short walk.

Orchids we saw on the way to the top.


On our walk we passed some meditation huts, places where monks go for long periods of solace. Inside one of them, I saw many of these.

Shauna, Julian, and Maureen.

A view of the road to Drametse.



The lakhang (temple) within the monastery. At the time we were there, the monks were performing a puja, hence the burning of the pine.


A weaving loom holding a belt found in the shop outside the lakhang.