by Words by Sarah Wilson - Photos by Jonathan Look Jr. | Apr 12, 2018 | Adventure, Asia, Bhutan, Photography, Travel
Archery is the National Game of Bhutan While passing through towns and villages in Bhutan, we often came across Bhutanese men enjoying a game of archery. Archery in Bhutan, however, is played somewhat differently to the international version. Archery became extremely...
by Words by Sarah Wilson - Photos by Jonathan Look Jr. | Apr 11, 2018 | Asia, Bhutan, Buddhism, Photography, Travel
View From Inside of a Bhutan Prayer Flag Pole Prayer flags are a common sight throughout Bhutan. For hundreds of years, prayer flags have played a major role in the traditions of the Bhutanese people. Bhutan’s prayer flags, like Tibetian prayer flags, can be...
by Words by Sarah Wilson - Photos by Jonathan Look Jr. | Feb 8, 2018 | Adventure, Asia, Bhutan, Travel
Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Bhutan with Prayer Flags Today, I am thinking of our hike to Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Bhutan. While pondering where to take Angel, our rescue dog for her walk, Jonathan and I started reminiscing about some of the walks that we...
by Jonathan Look | Dec 30, 2015 | Bhutan, Buddhism, Photography, Travel
White Prayer Flags on a pole in the remote Himalayan Mountains north of Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan. White symbolizes the element air and each panel is covered with Buddhist mantras. See also: Archery in Bhutan Our Amazing Bhutan Tour Photo: Hermit Monk of Burning...
by Jonathan Look | Aug 19, 2015 | Bhutan, Photography, Travel
Mebar Tsho, otherwise known as “Burning Lake” is a sacred place in Tang Valley, Bumthang, Bhutan where it is believed in 1475, Buddhist Saint, Terton Pema Lingpa, jumped into the water with a burning oil lamp and emerged with a statue, a sacred scroll and...
by Jonathan Look | Aug 11, 2014 | Bhutan, Buddhism, Photography, Temples, Travel
Buddha Dordenma Statue in Thimpu, Bhutan Overlooking the southern approach to Thimpu, the capitol of Bhutan, the Buddha Dordenma will, at 169 feet, be one of the world’s largest bronze Buddha statues. The colossus is built to contain over 100,000 8- inch-tall and...
by Jonathan Look | Jul 5, 2014 | Bhutan, People, Photography, Travel
Jakar Dzong (Temple) in central Bhutan, is situated high on a ridge above Jakar village in the Chamkhar valley in the Bumthang District. Built in the mid-16th Century it still very much a working Dzong. Normally you aren’t allowed to photograph inside the sacred...
by Jonathan Look | Jun 26, 2014 | Adventure, Bhutan, Buddhism, People, Photography, Travel
I love making these shots. Sarah and I were traveling with our guides on our adventure through a village in central Bhutan and we stopped for some water and a little respite from the constantly winding mountain roads. I was getting a bit fidgety because it was only...