Travel Blog Photos from Darchen (31)
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... gear. The four of us watched the bus disappear in a cloud of backlit dust. "Where are you going," the woman asked? "Darchen...kora," I replied. "We are too. Let's go together," Dolma (a.k.a Tara) said. Tara or Dolma is a common name for women ...
... Zon-chu is a lively stream with clear emerald green waters and is our constant company. The entire trek is indeed a trekker's paradise. Darchen is in sight at last. The low-hills converge to form a bottle neck for the River Zon-chu which kept us ...
... while dancing with lord Vishnu in guise of a beautiful woman. On our way back we have a panoramic view of the Himalayan ranges far in the north. As we neared Darchen we have a glorious view of the southern face of mount Kailash. .
... under the shadows of Gurla-Mandhata. At Parkha/ Barkha (15050 ft) we leave the Lhasa road and turn north-west to Darchen. We drive through the vast Parkha plains with extensive pasturelands between the slopes of mount Kailash and Rakshas-Tal. These are the ...