Lake Namtso

Travel Blogs from Lake Namtso, China

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The High and Holy Place, Lake Namtso, China travel blog

The High and Holy Place

A travel blog entry by fourloves

Entry to follow (I AM kind of travelling here, you know?). Thanks for your patience. Check back ...

Lake on top of the world, Namtso Lake, China travel blog

Lake on top of the world

A travel blog entry by tomer

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Namtso lake is beutiful the area we were in was a tiny bit touristic with tents where you could sleep or rooms, we got 2 really good tents with 2 "rooms" each, electricity and all. Yan slept in the front "room" in our tent and me and Asaf shared the ...

Overnight by the Lakeside in a Tibetan Tent, Lake Namtso, China travel blog

Overnight by the Lakeside in a Tibetan Tent

A travel blog entry by kimm

I've received conflicting information, but I think Lake Namtso is the highest and biggest saltwater lake in the world. It is 70km long and 30km wide; one of those expanses of water where you can't see the other shore. It is a deep turquoise blue and ...

Virtuous Trash, Lake Namtso, China travel blog

Virtuous Trash

A travel blog entry by kimm

... flags on the top of passes and sometimes to leave a prayer scarf. The two passes we went over on the way to Lake Namtso were literally littered with prayer scarves. They weren't tied to anything, they were simply lying on the ground, getting dirty ...

Snow at Sunrise at Lake Namtso, Lake Namtso, China travel blog

Snow at Sunrise at Lake Namtso

A travel blog entry by kimm

... along the side of the peninsula. We were surprised by the variety of "facilities" from shops to restaurants to more accommodation; Lake Namtso is a popular 1 to 2-day trip from Lhasa and the informal parking lot would slowly fill with tour buses, private ...

Namtso - the lake in the sky, Namtso Lake, China travel blog

Namtso - the lake in the sky

A travel blog entry by jmabro

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... more friendly than pushy so after a gentle "no thanks" we can either have a conversation of sorts with them or just move on.   Namtso Lake is also one of three holy lakes in Tibet and, as such, is a place many Pilgrims visit and in fact walk all ...

Der grösste Salzwassersee, NamTso Lake, China travel blog

Der grösste Salzwassersee

A travel blog entry by 1086540

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der trip zum namtso lake war genial. als wir oben auf dem pass standen und auf den see hinunterschauten, war ich erst ganz enttauescht: eigentlich sollte er ja um die jahreszeit tuerkisblau sein...und er war noch komplett zugefroren - eine weisse ...

AMS and Tibetan dance party, Lake Namtso, China travel blog

AMS and Tibetan dance party

A travel blog entry by mightyseven

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... our group of 6, consisting of an American, Australian, Japanese, Korean, German, and Swiss, went on a two day trip up to Namtso Lake. What we didn't prepare for was the dramatic rise in altitude when we got there. It is suggested that you don't go ...

Weathered out in Namtso, Lake Namtso, Tibet, China travel blog

Weathered out in Namtso

A travel blog entry by seyerce

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We left the Damxung Jinzhu Hotel at 9:45 am and made our way to Lake Namtso - the highest lake in the world. Dozens of tour buses and land cruisers crowded the checkpoint at the base of the mountain road leading up to the lake, but our guide managed to ...

Highest salt lake in the World, Namtso Lake, China travel blog

Highest salt lake in the World

A travel blog entry by leonnatmckenna

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... ). Its situated high on the Tibetan plateau, about 200 kms North of Lhasa and its one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Tibet. Namtso Lake is set at 4700m and is frozen over from November through to May. It is the largest salt-water lake in in the ...

Amdo Horse Racing and the Dark Lake, Lake Namtso, China travel blog

Amdo Horse Racing and the Dark Lake

A travel blog entry by mikeandfi

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... in a year event. Cultural sensitivity anyone?  The long day ended with a climb over a 5200 metre pass and a descent down to Lake Namtso. This site is one of the most sacred places in Tibet and is the highest saltwater lake in the world. We even ...

Namtso Lake, Namtso Lake, TIBET, China travel blog

Namtso Lake

A travel blog entry by kukuwu

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... us to keep going to Namtso because it was one of the most beautiful spots in Tibet. We were too tired to argue. We reached Namtso Lake with perfect timing. About half an hour after we got there the sun started to set - it was so beautiful that I stopped ...

Namtso Lake, Namtso Lake, China travel blog

Namtso Lake

A travel blog entry by murrayrudd

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... easier drive through a more populated and green area (back to yak and goat grazing). We detoured off the main road to camp up at Namtso Lake, one of the important holy lakes for Tibetan Buddhists. It was up a steep road, over a pass of 5100 m, then back ...

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