Perched on a cliff face 600 metres above the valley floor, the Tiger’s Nest is the kind of traveller’s eye-candy your body will forgive you for. After you’ve finished the trek, follow in the footsteps of Guru Padmasambhava (the founder of Tibetan Buddhism) and meditate.
Legend has it he meditated for three years, three months, three weeks, three days and three hours, but he also purportedly reached the monastery by catching a tigeress there.
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Instead of adventure, Jen Bird discovered a madman of the most divine kind in Bhutan.
Travel’s popularity contest has gone a bit stale.
For years, travellers have come to Chilean Patagonia for the hiking, rafting, fishing and scenery.
