Bhutan Day 5

Back to the Bhutan updates after a few week delay, sorry about that.

Day 5 was relatively simple although we climbed to one of our highest elevations at about 4,100m (13,451ft).  Much of the trek was slightly just slight up and downs over a very rocky terrain, so again had to be very careful where you stepped on some of those loose rocks.  Knowing me it was a perfect chance to sprain an ankle.  We've noticed the terrain has been very different day to day.  Some nicer roads (not paved of course) at the start, some mud, some forest and some rock.

I awoke plenty early this morning and took some great photos of the morning before the clouds came in...

This is one of my favorites.  That is the Bhutan snow capped Himalayas in the background.  Nobody else captured a photo of them as the clouds started rolling in quickly and covered the impressive mountains.

One of our horses just grabbing some energy before the start of the day.  All the horses were basically allowed to roam free during the nights.

 More of the Himalayan's in the background.

We left our camp around 10am day 5 and got to the final camp around 3:30PM.  It was rather weird as we were not exhausted from that day's trek and had descended to lower elevations so that weather was warmer.  In reality upon getting to camp we were restless and didn't know what to do.  We all rested for a bit, unpacked and drank some coffee.

Here is Nina and Gustaf grabbing some lunch during the trek with fantastic 360 degree views from where we were.

One of the few full group photos I got.  We choose this location as it just had so much depth with all the different ranges going continuously in the background.

 There it is the city of our destination, Thimpu.

 The flags celebrating the final pass and really the end of anything difficult.

 A temple with monk students playing soccer and the city of Thimpu in the valley below.

We met these monks on our descent.  They had hiked down 3 hours to buy a saw and a few other supplies (including a Coke we noticed) before trekking all the way back up to do their chores.

 Our camp was actually right next to another temple on the side of the embankment.

The city of Thimpu is the largest in Bhutan with a population of only about 70,000.  Tomorrow we finish with a 2-3 hour down hill hike into the city and the trek will be over.  Tonight one final dinner and night in the tents.  As a side note my tent has been placed sloping heavily downward and to one side, should make for an interesting nights sleep!