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Concluding Post on Bhutan Day 6 and 7 June 10th and 11th, 2013: Tiger's Nest - Paro - Haa Valley - Thimpu Ugyen Phendyling Resort begins it's restaurant at 5 a.m. in the morning - so those wanting to trek up to the Tiger's Nest Monastery can catch breakfast early. We, however, decided that filling our tummy might make the trek difficult. So we had a cup of tea and some cracker biscuits and left at 6.45 a.m. for the base of the trek. I regretted this decision after an hour :( We had packed some biscuits and some canned juice which we had later. We reached in 15 minutes and then had to wait for another 45 minutes because w e wanted to hire a pony for our daughter - and there was a lot of discussion amongst the guys hiring out horses / ponies about who we should hire from and how much money we should be charged. Our cab driver had given us an idea and we paid Rs.600 (this was the rate we saw others paying too). There was also the question of a caretaker along wit