Tag Archives: Outdoors

Riding the Mountains

By kuenga | Published: January 29, 2010
– Written by Saraswati Five years ago, when he got on a Gary Fisher mountain bike for the first time at Kuenselphodrang in Thimphu, he fell. But he got up and tried again. With every fall, his passion to conquer got the better of him. Today, Kinga Wangchuk, 27, is an expert mountain biker and a [...]
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From the Children

By kuenga | Published: December 14, 2009
-by Xochitl Rodriguez Xochi’s Blog and so…this one is by the children. asked the kiddos at VAST to write about their favorite part of the last two days we spent together. They accompanied me to the workshop on Sunday. We spent the day welding a bridge with the help of Dulal. They watched metal and welding magic, explored the [...]
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A Wish Seen Through

By kuenga | Published: September 14, 2009
by Kezang >> View pictures from this amazing journey At 7:00 am on 1st September 2009, eight volunteers from VAST headed to Kabisa in Punakha; thus, began the first trip of ‘Make a Wish’ Project. Twenty eight elders from Kabisa – the eldest aged eighty seven – were taken for a pilgrimage to Bumthang via Phobjikha and [...]
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