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Druk Yul |
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When we woke up in the
morning we could see that the snow has dropped down the sides of
the mountains during the night, and when we reached the highest
spot of the road on our way to Ura at 3590m we met the snow. Not
so much but enough to enjoy some eastersnow. It was rather wet
and I made a very nice drop onto my back while I was out taking
pictures.
Ura village is belived to be
the home of the earliest inhabitants of Bhutan. The drive to Ura
took us through forests and the National Shep Breeding center. We
could have had a beautiful view towards Mount Gangkar Puensum
(7541m) but that was not possible with all the clouds and partly
rain. In the village we visited the temple dedicated to Guru
Rimpoche with many paintings of the cycle of his teaching.
We ate our lunch in the
library of Lower Ura Secondary School and also looked around to
see the classrooms and the dorms which housed up to 35 students.
They talked very good english, as in the Bhutanese schoolsystem
they use the national language in history and religion, while
they use english in all other classes. Even on Bhutanese TV they
have daily programs in english.
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| Nice
houses, and the road was very slippery due to the heavy
rainfall |
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| The
temple with the courtyard and the entrance |
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Lower Ura
Secondary School |
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