Everywhere: People: Doug Bruns: Photos

Brothers, Bhutan uploaded on 4 July 2008

Two brothers look at me from the doorway. I am inside their home, invited in by mom and dad and they must have wondered who I was and what I was doing there. They were stand offish and unsure of me as visitor. I suspect they were relieved when I left, but not before taking their picture.

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Tired monk. uploaded on 4 July 2008

I watched this little monk working all morning long and when leaving the monastery a few hours later passed him again. This time though he was napping, tired out, like every other kid his age and had put his head down.

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Prayer Flags uploaded on 4 July 2008

Blue sky and wispy clouds define the sky of Bhutan, punctuated by prayer flags. In Bhutan the prayer flags are typically vertical and attached to poles, as seen here.

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Prayer Wheel, Monk, Bhutan uploaded on 4 July 2008

Upon entering the monastery I passed this monk turning the prayer wheel and chanting, om manni padi hum. Unlike Tibet where most of the Buddhist iconography was destroyed after the invasion in 1959, Bhutan monasteries explode in color and imagery.

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Crossing the bridge in Bhutan. uploaded on 4 July 2008

A woman walks across a bridge in Bhutan. The bridge is washed away every season and rebuilt.

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Girl, Bhutan uploaded on 4 July 2008

Out in the country and visiting a village, walking around and meeting people, this little girl just kept watching me. I visited with her parents and walked onto their porch and she let me take her picture. She did not flinch, did not smile, expressed no sense of excitement or modesty, just stared at me. I took numerous shots and in each she is giving me the steely glare you see here.

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Lunch fixings uploaded on 4 July 2008

Women in a market in Bhutan with food stuffs for sale.

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Market, Thimpu uploaded on 4 July 2008

A shop keep sells Buddhist iconography at an open market in Bhutan.

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Baby, Thimpu butcher shop uploaded on 4 July 2008

A baby looks at me over a shoulder. The meat was being carried in from the street on the backs of shop workers. They were covered with blood and strained under the weight, some of the slabs looking twice the size of the workers. I followed them into the shop and spotted this family doing its shopping.

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Main Street, Thimpu, Bhutan uploaded on 4 July 2008

The intersection of main street in the capital of Bhutan, Thimpu. It is the only national capital without street lights. Traffic seems to pay no attention what-so-ever to the man in the kiosk.

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