The following post is a part of the “Kailash Mansarovar Yatra” Blog Series Into the Sacred Space. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. …
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Category: Tibet, Trans-Himalayas
Tags: China, Hedin, Himalayas, India, Kailash, KMY, Lake, Lhasa, Mansarovar, MEA, Nathula, Pilgrimage, Shiva, Sikkim, STDC, Tibet, travel
It was a cold misty morning at Nathu La, the natural high-altitude passage between India and Tibet, across the Himalayas, in Sikkim. Passports had been verified for the one last time by the Indo Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP), baggage…
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Category: Epic Road Journeys, Tibet, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Beijing, China, Delhi, Gangtok, India, Kailash, Kailash Mansarovar, KMY, Lhasa, Mansarovar, MEA, Nathula, Road, Sikkim, Tibet, trans-Himalayas, travel, Yatra
The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 22 of 22 Previous Chapter The following morning, I chose to ignore the otherwise routine morning activities, which…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Spiti, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Himalaya, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, Kalpa, Kargil, Kashmir, Kinnaur, Ladakh, Lahaul, Leh, Manali, Photography, Postscript, Road Trip, Rohtang, Shimla, Spiti, Srinagar, The Treaty Road, trans-Himalayas, travel
The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 18 of 22 Previous Post Next…
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Category: Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Baltal, Boulevard Road, Dal Lake, Dras, Drass, Gund, Highway, Jammu & Kashmir, Kargil, Kargil-Srinagar, Kashmir, LOC, memorial, NH1D, Photography, Sindh, Sonamarg, Sonmarg, Srinagar, Tiger Hill, Tololing, travel, Treaty Road, Vale of Kashmir, Valley, War, Zoji La
The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 17 of 22 Previous Post …
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Category: Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Doda, featured, Great Himalayan Range, Hangshu, Haptal, Haskira, Jammu & Kashmir, Kange, Kargil, Karsha, Ladakh, landscape, Monastery, Mulung, Padum, Pensi La, Phe, Photography, Rangdum, Sani, Stod, Suru, travel, Zanskar, Zaskar