Pangong Lake, at 4250m (13900 ft) the air is decidedly thinner than in Leh 700m below. The lake is part in India and part in Tibet, it is 134 km (83.3 mi) long and slightly salty apparently though I didn’t taste it.
Posts Tagged ‘lake’
Grazing Cows
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged cows, lake on 1 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Floating Tea Stall
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged boat, lake on 1 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of the chai (Indian Tea) stalls that float on Dal Lake, I think they are mainly for the guys who paddle the tourists around on their many hours off. They serve milk tea, almost always sweet with bread and biscuits.
Dal Lake
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged boat, lake on 1 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is Srinagar’s Dal Lake. It is an old holiday resort that is mainly known for being fought over between India and Pakistan pretty much since the partition (the whole region not just the city). It has a predominantly Muslim population and is quite different from the rest of India in its [...]
Vieng Xai, Laos
