Dream Trip 2009

Great Travel Moment

In Bhutan, you can't help but be surprised at how young many of the monks are, and how engrossed they can be in their studies -- when they're not out in the monastery courtyard kicking a soccer ball around, or feeding the pigeons. This shot, to me, captures everything about Bhutan ... a young monk sitting in a shadowy room looks up from his prayer book to glance at the visitors passing through.