Taktsang Monastary , Tiger's Nest

This is one of the must do when in Bhutan, visit the sacred Taktsang Monastery in Paro. My friend Wangpo accompanied me on the three hour hike up to the monastery and although we did not have the necessary papers, Wangpo spoked to the guard and managed to get us into the monastery including visiting the many sacred chambers. No photos allowed inside unfortunately. The other photos were taken with an early model nokia handphone as my oly ni-cad batteries died.
The hike was a steep three hour climb culminating with an exciting end stretch of about a thousand steps on narrow footpath at times near the cliff's edge.  With it's mountainous terrain many monastaries in Bhutan are build on top of mountain or on it's sides but this one was very high up and a real exciting challenge to visit. You will definitely feel a great sense of achievement when you finally reach the top.