Car-less Sunday

     Once a month there is a Sunday with no cars in the city of Thimphu.  8 am to 5 pm.  It is delightful to wander the streets without the business of cars.  I went to the market shopped around a bit then walked up and around the residential area.  Found the sports centre which actually has a nice swimming pool.  Closed for winter.  November 15 to February 28th.  No one there.  Funny how the kids were playing all over the streets, including the major through ways.  Biking, soccer, badminton.  
     We all got together for supper again - we have been eating at various restaurants around town for about a week instead of at this hotel.  Tonight was Indian food - sag paneer (spinach yum), a chicken curry, tomatoes stuffed with a chick pea mixture and another paneer dish.  Absolutely yummy. 
     Brick and I wandered into an upscale hotel and had a drink on the way back to the hotel.  He is a skier/physics teacher from Colorado. I had a martini!  He had K5- the local whisky.  The bar is new in the hotel - only 2 days old.  The bartender said it used to be a "western" bar but now it is more Bhutanese - dark wood, fireplace, it was a very cosy room. 
We have one more day here in Thimphu and then we disperse. I will not have internet access for a while - perhaps 10 days.  

Sarah and I at the Buddha, Thimphu in the background.

Brick and I.