Blogs from Pangong Tso, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India, Asia - page 2

Got up at 5 am had tea and left to Pangong Lake by cab. Ali was the driver and xylo was the car. Left at 6am and then on the way had breakfast at Karu and reached the Lake at 11am. Then went for a walk on the banks of the lake. This is the biggest salt water lake in Asia which is 7 kms wide and 130 kms long. One third of this lake is in india and the rest lies in China. Took lot of pictures of the lake which throws out various shades of blue. This is where the last scene of the 3 idiots was shot. Then had lunch there and left at about 1:30pm and reached Leh by about 6pm. Then went out shopping with Brian and Payal and bought couple ... read more

Pangong Lake also known as Pangong Tso , was one of my recent travel destinations during the Manali - Srinagar drive . I chose to start my first blog with this place beacuse to me its God's best canvas , where Mother nature reveals her beauty ! Pangong Lake is stretched over a length of 130km, bisected by International border between India and China. Its widest point is approximately 6km in distance. The Lake is situated at the height of 14500ft/4420m above sea level. The major portion of the Pangong Lake falls in Chinese territory; only ¼ part of the lake is in Indian Territory of Ladakh region. Pangong Lake is about 164 km drive from Leh, capital city of Ladakh, a province of state of Jammu & Kashmir. We drove from Leh to Pangong and ... read more

We wanted to go to a lake called Pangong and that took us over the top the world and third highest motoring road on earth at 5300 meters - Changla Pass. Pangong is 60KM from there. Our driver asked me if he could bring his two sisters with us as they have not seen Pangong lake. I said ok and those two girls were wonderful and innocent country girls added bit of fun. One of them developed travel sickness and kept vomiting every half hour. It was rather sad to see someone sick as a paratte. The mountain road starts about 20 km away from Leh and passes above Solang valley. The weather looked fine and we were happy to go. However as we started to climb up the mountains there was a steady light snow ... read more