{"id":7516,"date":"2026-03-31T23:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=7516"},"modified":"2026-04-12T19:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:05:31","slug":"ein-hoehepunkt-zu-beginn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/03\/31\/ein-hoehepunkt-zu-beginn\/","title":{"rendered":"A highlight at the start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our very first stop in Bhutan was already a first highlight of our stay: the Tshechu (a religious festival) at Paro Dzong.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7516  gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/03\/31\/ein-hoehepunkt-zu-beginn\/img-1503\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-1503-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Mt. Everest\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/03\/31\/ein-hoehepunkt-zu-beginn\/20260331_113540\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260331_113540-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Paro Dzong\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/03\/31\/ein-hoehepunkt-zu-beginn\/20260331_120059\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260331_120059-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Paro Dzong\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/03\/31\/ein-hoehepunkt-zu-beginn\/20260331_120253\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260331_120253-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Paro Dzong\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/03\/31\/ein-hoehepunkt-zu-beginn\/20260331_120301\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260331_120301-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Prayer wheels in Paro Dzong\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/03\/31\/ein-hoehepunkt-zu-beginn\/20260331_115736\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260331_115736-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Mural in Paro Dzong\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/03\/31\/ein-hoehepunkt-zu-beginn\/20260331_123114\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260331_123114-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Paro Tshechu\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/03\/31\/ein-hoehepunkt-zu-beginn\/20260331_131036\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260331_131036-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Cham dance at Paro Tshechu\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2026\/03\/31\/ein-hoehepunkt-zu-beginn\/2026-03-31_img-1535\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-31_IMG-1535-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Cham dancer at Paro Tshechu\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>  <div class=\"notice\">\nThis blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in <a href=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7516\">German<\/a>.  <\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,63,122,128],"class_list":["post-7516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-diary","tag-customs","tag-flightseeing","tag-himalayas","tag-temples-sacred-sites","trips-bhutan2026","country-bt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}