The village of Doksum is a few kilometres past Gom Kora, a small temple on the side of the road. A large boulder sits in the garden of Gom Kora and legend has it that if anyone can climb below the rock and emerge from its summit. He will be clensed of his sins. Doksum is a weaver’s village where women sit in fair weather on balconies with wooden slats strapped to their backs rocking back and forth to the rhythm of their looms.

 Trashi Yangtse is a small village with a garden aspect and a lovely place from where to launch a couple of hours stroll into the surrounding countryside. Chorten Kora is one of the only two such stupas in Bhutan with styles similar to those found in Nepal and is host to a great festival every March which attracts all of east Bhutan’s residents. The Chorten is entirely whitewashed and ideally situated on tha banks of a running stream.