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Today, travel by road  to Thimpu with a side trip to Chele-la pass and Kila Nunnery. Shortly before the road forks out to Chelila Pass, we stop in Bondey and visit a family-run Tshenden Incense Factory. Here you can see the boiling, dyeing, and drying processes of traditional incense making.

Continue drive on the highway (one hour and little more) brings you to the Chele-la pass at 3810m (12, 497 ft.). The pass offers panoramic views of the snowcapped mountains including Mount Jhomolhari and the serene Haa Valley down the hill. From the pass, we take a hike to the Kila Gompa nunnery, situated on a cliff below Chele-la pass. There are seven small temples and several retreat huts built into a dizzying sheer cliff-side. Currently, there are about 70 nuns who live in self-imposed isolation. It can take about one hour to get here and about 10-minutes down to the parking.

Late afternoon, we arrive in Thimphu- the capital city of Bhutan. Check into your hotel and rest of the day is at leisure.

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