Sept. 29 Probjikha to Paro

We left our guest house before 8AM as we had a long drive and wanted to do some birdwatching along the way, particularly at one of the national parks. We were held up at one point for 20 minutes by a road crew asphalting potholes and areas os road that had been washed out by the big rains here, but took advantage of this to walk up the road and saw a few interesting new birds including an owl.

The weather going back to the west was so much brighter that we were able to see snow-capped mountains, forested slopes and beautiful valleys, which had all been covered in mist.

We reached Paro before dark and checked into our cute hotel, which was originally the palace of the Governor of Paro, and which has commanding views of the valley and the Paro Dzong. It also has at least intermittent wireless Internet service.