Game of Throne Sites, Northern Ireland

Our bus tour took us to a total of seven GOT shooting sites. The most impressive was the Ballintoy Harbour. We went all the way down to the harbour and the view from down was majestic - mix of white and dark stones scattered around for ages. There is a white building used in the GOT scenes as an ancient building but actually is a coffee house.

The Dark Hedges

Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland

Flint McCool was the Irish giant who built the Giant’s Causeway to teach his Scottish counterpart a lesson or so says the legends of Northern Ireland. However it goes, the hexagonal stones carved by nature are a bizarre abnormality that tourists flock to visit in the northern most part of North Ireland. We were among them and were equally piqued by what we saw. No way these can happen naturally, we thought and yet science says they did.

Incredible natural structures @ Giant’s Causaway

Tiger’s Nest

Thimpu - Punakha - Paro - Tiger’s Nest

It was our fifth day in Bhutan but the best was still to come. Evidently the spot was perched some 2000 metres high in the middle of nowhere some ten miles away from the scenic Paro Valley. Paro itself had taken us by surprise. We were expecting an airport city but it was so much more than that. Probably Tiger’s Nest had something to do with it.

Trek @ Tiger's Nest