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Mist is the great softener here, dissolving hard edges and inviting washes of cool blue-grey that drift across the ridges each morning and again just before dusk.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bhutan-paro-valley-original-series-gallery-canvas","title":"Bhutan Paro Valley | Tiger's Nest Cliff Monastery | Original Series Gallery Canvas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBHUTAN PARO VALLEY, BHUTAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerched dramatically on a sheer granite cliff face at nearly 10,000 feet, the Tiger's Nest Monastery — or Paro Taktsang — is one of the most sacred and breathtaking Buddhist sites in the world. Legend holds that Guru Rinpoche flew to this very spot on the back of a tigress in the 8th century, meditating in the caves before enlightening the region. 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