I met these two beautiful Buddhist nuns (Karma & Namgay) in 2023 outside Paro, Bhutan. We had so many beautiful moments and laughs, and they held my hand all the way down the steep trail to the parking lot. We have stayed in touch over the last two years and this week in rainy season I got a text that the road had washed out and wasn’t passable. The nuns had done much of the road work in their robes, but they still have some additional needs. Would love some extra dollars their way of any amount, and I will send along your name for some extra blessings from the mountains of Bhutan!

Goenpa Nunnery, popularly referred to as Chele La Gompa, straddles the cliff facing Paro, with great views of Paro valley and Jele Dzong. There are seven small temples and several retreat huts built into a dizzying cliffside, where about seventy nuns live in self-imposed isolation. Established as a meditation site in the 9th century and reputedly to be the oldest nunnery in Bhutan, Kila Nunnery is reached via a dirt track from the road between Paro and Haa. It is also fondly referred to as the ‘second Tiger’s Nest.’ It was initially established in the 9th century by Drupthob Chhoeje Norbu as a meditation center. Later, after being destroyed by fire, it was rebuilt by Sherub Gyelthsen.