We spent this morning touring the valleys, monasteries and village in the Jakar Valley, I was very impresses with one monastery we visited, it was built in the 15 th C and seemed very simplistic in its religious icons and lifestyle, very different to the Buddhist monasteries that Ives seen elsewhere. When we arrived to courtyard had about a dozen children of various ages learning their faith. I'm not sure if its the same everywhere, but once the monks have decided to become a monk, they are committed for life. The accommodation and surrounding building look very basic, so it would be a hard life I think.
Walking though the village was good, the reaction of some of the children showed how rare it was for them to see foreigners, some ran an hid. After lunch I walked down to a nearby river where I spent a couple of hours looking for Suiseki stones.
We have not had power in the hotel since this morning, someone went to the village and said they also have no power, so I guess the whole are is not working, it seems funny when the biggest export from Bhutan is electrisity.
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