26 October - Wangdi

We continue the drive back to Paro, stopping in the old town of Wangdi, also known as Wangdue. The town is
mostly small wooden buildings perched between the highway and the edge of the mountain. The government is in
the process of building a new concrete town on a plain below to move everyone to a safer area with room to grow.

Moss and Trees	Snow covered mountains	Distant mountains	Moon
Mountains	Near a school	Tree	Rice terraces
How to make a little water more accessible...	Leaves	More Tiny Wild Flowers	Suspension bridge
Approaching Wangdi	Identifying birds	Kestrel	Kestrel
Pala climbs up to pick berries	Rice harvest	Wangdi Dzong	Across from Wangdi
Doorway	Slate carvings	In - Out board	Doorway
	At the window	Courtyard in Wangdi Dzong	Courtyard in Wangdi Dzong
Pile of bricks	Courtyard in Wangdi Dzong	Photographers	Courtyard in Wangdi Dzong
Courtyard in Wangdi Dzong	Painted Shutters	Old mural	Another Blue Poppy tour guide
Prayer wheels	Courtyard	Courtyard	Prayer wheels
Prayer wheels	Clothes line	Prayer wheels	Prayer wheel - they're really made of rolled up written prayers...
Prayer wheels	Roof tops	Courtyard	Underside of roof (no nails)
Underside of roof		Shopping baskets	Prayer wheel
Doorway of general store	Groceries	Drying vegetables	Wangdi market
Weighing the beans	Scales and vegetables	Desicated fish and fresh vegetables	Weighing Crow's beak vegetable
Chilis	Narrow road	Highway through old Wangdi	Old wall
Tailor shop (How old are those machines?)	Electronics shop	Minding the store	Looking back at Wangdi Dzong
Old wall and prickly pear	Chorten on bridge pier	New Wangdi (Most of the old will be torn down.)

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