Sunday is Family Day

I read somewhere that Sunday is Family day and I thought it is true. Yet with only Sunday to do all personal things, it is difficult to achieve this ambitious truth. It is very important to spend time with our family as this quality periods leads to a strong family bonding. On the other side, we have hobbies, shoppings, personal ventures, social lives etc. However, we ought to try and adjust time to spend with our family. For me, I usually organise outings in the form of picnics, rides, walks and excursions. Whenever I ponder upon these ideas and try to adjust family time I remember Passu Diary's genuine suggestion to close schools on Saturdays as well.

These photos are from our recent Sunday picnic to Soenagatshel in Punakha.  We packed lunch and picked up snacks before we drove up to the spot. My kids love this spot as they can play in the river (a small diverted part of the mighty Mochhu river). They can spend hours in it.

I recommend the spot for a nice family picnic. The place is beautiful and peaceful too. It is about 2 minutes drive from Changyuel Zam after you turn left immediately after the bridge. You drive straight until you reach a gate. On some days you can drive in if the gate is open but mostly you have to walk from the gate. The riverside ground is well maintained with occasional trees to provide us the cool shade that we need in order to escape the scorching Punakha sun. You can also enjoy a good walk up the road.

Landscapes from Beautiful Bhutan

Photography is not defined by being a pro or an enthusiast, it is as simple as taking out a camera and capturing that moment-that moment you feel worth taking a click. I take it not as an art as it attaches a lot of weight and restrictions to it. So I call it a passion or simply a drive to capture fleeting moments. To me, Photography is not being hired to be an event photographer or having loads of likes on Facebook. It's the feeling that I feel when I swipe through what I have photographed-the sense of ownership and  satisfaction. So I keep clicking and piling though my hard drives cry of storage shortages and I have everything from everything that I cherish.

In this post, I share few of my favourite landscapes from #Bhutan. All the photos were taken since January 2016 with #canon70D and #tamron16-300mm.

Puna- tsangchhu and the rice bowls of Lobesa. 

Aerial view of a heavenly hamlet in Paro. This photo is very special as it was a nostalgic view of my Bhutan
 after 2 long years apart from it.

Another aerial view of a lhakhang in Paro

Paro Rimpung and its wintry vicinity

The mighty Himalayan range as viewed from Dochula

Lamprey Lake

Sha Kaebjikha- a village in Wangdiphodrang

Dochula

Sha Wacher and beyond as viewed from Phabchusa 

Gaetoed- my village house in Wangdiphodrang

Closer view of Wachey and wachey dzong in the far left 

Chimi lhakhang and the fields in early spring as seen from Lobesa LSS

Chimi Lhakhang and chimi pangna as seen from Lobesa LSS 

Walakha as zoomed from Lobesa LSS

Khotokha primary school as viewed from Dolung Goemba

The coolest basketball court in Khotokha Primary School

The vast Kathang of Khotokha 

The golden hue of Khotokha Kathang 

Chimi lhakhang and beyond as zoomed from Tshochasa 

A closer one...

The other side

Walk and the paddy fields as seen from Tshochasa