Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 31, 2013, at 1:47 AM, H&ECummer wrote: > In the brief lull between Christmas and New Years I have taken time to > edit some more of my Bhutan pictures and here is a series > on the Trek to the Tiger's Nest - the most famous of Bhutan's monasteries > - perched on the side of a cliff 900 meters above the Paro Valley. > The monastery was built in 1692 and has been destroyed by fire twice - > once in 1951 and again in 1998. It was rebuilt using a cable system in > 2000. > Having ridden horses to get to the look out point we couldn't imagine how > the original building materials were carried up the cliff - except by > faith and willing strong backs. > I have set up a folder of the journey, with explanations for each photo, > here: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanTigerNest/CafeStopw.jpg.html> Thank you for taking my eyes to this place. Others may enjoy: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r91RoXlyNA0> Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist