Today was a rest day in the Punakha, which started with a choice of Rafting or visiting the temple of Fertility.
18 decided that Rafting was the go so all into the bus then off up the river to the start point. The river is low at the moment with the monsoon season having finished a couple months back. We could see how high the river had been earlier in the year. It was a pleasant paddle down the river with some small rapids to get us wet. However we took on most of the water from paddle splashing when we neared other boat. The water originates from the glaciers in the Himalayas, as it was quite cold it took me a couple hours after lunch before I was warn.
After lunch in the park beside the River we all headed to the Dzong built in the seventeenth century, which was, the original parliament till it was moved to Thimphu sometime ago. The architecture, carvings and painting of such a large build was fascinating.
Julie, Richard, Hector and I then grabbed a chance to go the Fertility Temple that we had missed in the morning.