The big Buddha Dordenma at the top of a hill near Thimpu in Bhutan can be seen from miles around
The Buddha Dordenma, sited at the top of a hill near Thimpu, Bhutan, with the mountains of Bhutan in the background
The Tigers Nest monastery, Bhutan. Built into the cliffside. Legend has it that Guru Padmasambhava, the tantric mystic who brough Buddhism to Bhutan in 757, flew there on the back of a flying tigress. The original monastery was destroyed by fire in 1998 and has been reconstructed
A small temple in the Paro Valley, Bhutan