Bhutan - The fulfilment of a long-held dream! (The hike to the Tiger's nest!)
Tiger's nest monastery The most anticipated day of the trip for me was here at last! We would be hiking up to the famous Tiger's Nest monastery today. The picture of Tiger's nest, the quintessential picture that defines Bhutan was imprinted in my mind. The cliff-hanging monastery has an edge-of-the-world feeling to it, and I've always marvelled at the how it must have been actually built. The quintessential Bhutan picture! PC: Sameer Bhide We woke up quite early, had a light breakfast, and reached the parking lot by around 7.45 am. There is a ticket counter where one has to buy tickets at Nu/Rs 500/- per head. After that was done, I also rented a sturdy bamboo stick to help me navigate the slopes (sticks available at Rs 50/-). Having done one Himalayan trek the previous year, there was some amount of apprehension as to how the hike would be. During the last trek, I was pretty unfit and had sustained an injury, which had me struggling throughout. This time howe