{"id":478,"date":"2018-12-31T04:11:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T04:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/?p=478"},"modified":"2019-01-01T23:24:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T23:24:33","slug":"travels-with-my-q-bhutan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/2018\/12\/travels-with-my-q-bhutan\/","title":{"rendered":"Travels with my Q – Bhutan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bhutan exudes happiness. It is, after all, its national product and it shows. Travelling through the country in October 2018 we met the people, admired their places and experienced their culture (to a point). Chili is the national dish. Hot! We didn’t go that far experiencing Bhutanese food – restaurants protected our sensitive palates!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In previous overseas trips I had my (at the time) trusty Canon 7D then 5D III then a combination of 5D and Leica Q. For Bhutan I just had my Q. Occasionally grabbing pics with my iPhone 7 Plus but those were just for social media as we travelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Leica Q is my ideal travel camera \u2013 easy to carry, quick to focus, quiet and unobtrusive. Still need to compose of course, but I find the 28 mm f1.7 lens to be challenging and satisfying. There was a time when I \u201cneeded\u201d a telephoto (usually a 70-200 mm when travelling) but I don\u2019t anymore. Happy to capture the moment as I see it, not with a (maybe) contrived viewpoint. Mind you, there were times\u2026 but the moments passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Paro to Thimphu, Trongsa to Jakar we visited forts and monasteries admiring the landscapes as we travelled on a mountain \u201chighway\u201d still under construction (upgrading the old road, that is).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following images are just a sample. I have some black and white images<\/a> too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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National Memorial Chorten, Thimphu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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National Memorial Chorten, Thimphu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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National Memorial Chorten, Thimphu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Clockwise never ending<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Artisan paper \u2013 drying in the sun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Checking…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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… and ready for sale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Washing day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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National Library, donations welcome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Learning to paint at trade school\u2026 National Institute for Zorig Chusum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026 and using skills in the real world<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Souvenirs in Parar village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tamshing Lakhang Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Morning in Punakha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Around and about Jakar in Bumthang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Twins dressed to impress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Show and tell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At the bike shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hanging out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Friendly faces everywhere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trongsa Dzong (Fortress and Monastery)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trongsa Dzong <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trongsa Dzong <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Early morning frost, Gangtey in Phobjikha Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Phobjikha Valley village walk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Phobjikha Valley village walk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Himalayas from Dochula Pass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bhutan exudes happiness. It is, after all, its national product and it shows. Travelling through the country in October 2018 we met the people, admired their places and experienced their culture (to a point). Chili is the national dish. Hot! We didn’t go that far experiencing Bhutanese food – restaurants … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,22],"tags":[20,10,14],"class_list":["post-478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","category-travel","tag-bhutan","tag-leica","tag-leicaq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions\/497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindolhall.com\/adrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}