Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys (Choekhor) the town of Jakar

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - young monk with his kid sister

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - prayer flags on a suspension bridge

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - Kurjey Lakhang, an important Buddhist monastery and temple

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - small stupa shaped offerings, Kurjey Lakhang

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a family in traditional dress

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - woman in traditional dress selling jewelry

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - man carrying a fence

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - Kurjey Lakhang, a Buddhist monastery

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - Kurjey Lakhang, one of the most sacred Buddhist sites in Bhutan

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - prayer flags whispering prayers to the winds

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - Buddhist art at a monastery

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - prayer wheels in a monastery wall

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a friendly elderly monk

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a Buddhist representation of the cosmos, wall painting

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a typical Bhutanese house, traditional architecture, phallus symbols to ward of evil spirits

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - rice (paddy) field terraces at lower elevations

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - Jampa Lakhang, one of the 108 temples built by Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - pilgrims at the Jampa Lakhang (Jambay Lakhang)

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - rice offerings in a temple window

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a traditional Bumthang home

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - rice fields and houses

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a monk holding cymbals

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - water driven prayer wheels

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - Jakar Dzong, a monastery and fortress overlooking the Choekhor Valley

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - inside Jakar Dzong

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - prayer flags

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - men in traditional dress, Gho or Ko for men

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - the hilltop dzong overlooks the valley

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - welcoming Bhutanese smiles

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - pilgrim at the Jampa Lakhang

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - prayer flags

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a ghost trap left at a trail

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a traditional farm house

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a friendly elderly lady

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - road problems in the rainy season

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a traditional Bhutanese home

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - the Choekhor Valley with Jakar village

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - boys enjoying a meal

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - young monk with his kid sister

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a boy at the Kurjey Lakhang

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - the traditional Wangdicholing hotel

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a room in the the traditional Wangdicholing hotel

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - the Jampa Lakhang (Jambay Lakhang)

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - pilgrims at the Jampa Lakhang (Jambay Lakhang)

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - woman in traditional dress selling jewelry

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - prayer flags

Pictures of Bhutan - Bumthang Valleys, Jakar - a valley landscape