Paro is a town of 20,000 people and the home of Bhutan's only airport. Just one airline flies to Bhutan (Drukair - Royal Bhutan Airlines) and you can see half of their massive fleet of aircraft on the tarmac in the first photo of my gallery! They fly in from Thailand, Nepal and India. Paro was the start and end point of our Bhutanese adventure.
Paro town (at 2250m) and the Paro district are the closest populated areas to Tibet and the people have the closest ties to the Tibetans due to invasions and trade. Paro is home to Rinpung Dzong, a fortress/monastery built to defend against those invasions. The Dzong was completed in 1646.
We also visited a 7th century temple before heading for the high and wild country on our long trek.
The 23 day Snowman Trek is all that remains. It is likely that I'll be adding a quarter of the trek at a time.
Drukyel Dzong (2580m) to Jangothang (4100m) (with views of Jomolhari) is next.
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