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| Valley & mountains surrounding Paro, location of national airport. Bhutan. | Overview of Paro with large temple Rinpung Dzong & national museum high on hill. Bhutan. | National museum which once served as a fort protecting Paro. Bhutan. | Prayer wheel in use in Paro's national museum. Bhutan. |
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| Architecture of Paro's national museum. Bhutan. | Rinpung Dzong & valley viewed from national museum in Paro. Bhutan. | Rinpung Dzong & valley viewed from national museum in Paro. Bhutan. | Rooftop view of Rinpung Dzong & a traditional covered bridge in Paro. Bhutan. |
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| Paro's Rinpung Dzong is both a Buddhist temple & regional administration center since Bhutan is a theocracy. Bhutan. | Rinpung Dzong architecture. Bhutan. | Architecture of Rinpung Dzong & covered bridge leading to it in Paro. Bhutan. | Rinpung Dzong Buddhist temple in Paro. Bhutan. |
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| Paro valley with national museum & Rinpung Dzong. Bhutan. | View of Paro situated along a river from National museum. Bhutan. | Dungtse Lhakhang temple in Paro. Bhutan. | Tower of Dungtse Lhakhang, a small local temple, in Paro. Bhutan. |
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| Man praying at Dungtse Lhakhang in Paro. Bhutan. | Kyichu Lhakhang temple in Paro. Bhutan. | Religious mural inside of Kyichu Lhakhang in Paro. Bhutan. | Multiple roofed Kyichu Lhakhang temple in Paro. Bhutan. |
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| Prayer flags hang from a rope bridge in Paro on trail climbing to Takstang. Bhutan. | Rock strewn forest on climb to Takstang, Tiger's Nest, in Paro. Bhutan. | View on climb to Takstang, Tiger's Nest, in Paro. Bhutan. | Mountains & forest on climb to Tiger's Nest in Paro. Bhutan. |
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| View on climb to Takstang, Tiger's Nest, in Paro. Bhutan. | Overlooking starting point Paro valley floor from hike up to Tiger's nest. Bhutan. | Takstang, Tiger's Nest, on side of mountains surrounding Paro. Bhutan. | Moss draped tree seen on climb to Takstang, Paro. Bhutan. |
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| Bells marking entrance to Takstang Monastery above Paro. Bhutan. | The monastery of Takstang, clings to rocks high above Paro. Bhutan. | Scene in upper Paro valley with ruins of Drugyel Dzong. Bhutan. | Farmers plowing fields in Paro. Bhutan. |
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| Two oxen pull a plow in Paro. Bhutan. | A farmer follows behind two oxen in nearly plowed field in Paro. Bhutan. | Family resting on a farm fence in Paro. Bhutan. | Pig rooting through dirt in Paro. Bhutan. |
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| A Paro family beside fence. Bhutan. | Typical Bhutanese horse in Paro. Bhutan. | Two children in Paro. Bhutan. | An elaborately decorated house in Paro. Bhutan. |
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| Architecture & murals of a house in Paro. Bhutan. | Intricately painted window of a house in Paro. Bhutan. | Symbolic murals frame a window on house in Paro. Bhutan. | Symbolic murals protect a doorway on a house in Paro. Bhutan. |
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| Carved & painted wood architecture of house in Paro. Bhutan. | Demon-like mural on side of house in Paro. Bhutan. | Ribboned male symbols invite prosperity to house in Paro. Bhutan. | Dragon mural painted on a building in Paro. Bhutan. |
