Jakar

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Jakar town in the shadow of the impressive, if somewhat sinister dzong on the mountainside above, is little more than a crossroads, albeit a fairly important one by Bhutanese standards.  Population 3 plus a donkey, but apparently growing fast in response to tourist demand for tatty souvenirs, it was an opportunity to see traditional Bhutanese buildings in various stages of construction.

Unlike many of the new buildings, they seemed not only to make them look traditional, but were actually using traditional construction methods, solid timber frames, wattle and daub...and absolutely no insulation!

It had all the charm of a Wild West frontier town; rather incongruously bedecked with Buddhist monks.

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