Driving back to Thimphu from Wangdi we stopped at two locations–the Royal Botanical Park and the Dochu La. We only stopped at the botanical park because the road was blocked with an accident.
Accident at Royal Botanical Park
We made use of the time by doing some birding.
White throated Laughingthrush
Eurasian Jay
Mountain Bulbul
Great Barbet
The Royal Botanical Park was inaugurated by Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck on October 28, 2008 in commemoration of 100 years of the Wangchuck dynasty and the coronation of Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck.
Entrance to Royal Botanical Park
The rhododendrons and primula were blooming.
Red Rhododendron
Primula
At the Dochu La, a mountain pass at 10,300 feet, 108 chorten were erected in 2005 in atonement for the lives lost when the Bhutanese army went after Indian militants in southern Bhutan.
