Online travel to North India (traveling is everywhere, even online…)
Traveling is not only with airplanes, traveling is everywhere, even online…
Recently I have been thinking of an amazing place amid the CORONA situation.
The world is challenged with the CORONA virus. People are discouraged to go out and most people are already working from home and wearing mask is the new fashion. This is the new normal in 2020. Recently. while trapped at home, I am thinking of a wonderful place to run away, where it is quiet, peaceful and safe.
Wonderful travel destinations around LADAKH in North India, Tibet, Himalayas, Pamir, etc.
These places are very challenging to visit.
I watched the movie ‘3 Idiots’ and I am captivated with a scenery at the last scene of the movie.
It was a scenery of LADAKH that features its beautiful lake Tso Moriri.
LADAKH is also said to be the intersection of the ancient Silk Road and Tea Horse Road.
I get so interested in this place that I did my research and watched a Korean documentary called “Tea Horse Road”.
This is a difficult route for merchants who traded at the highest points in the world from the 7th century to the 20th century. This not a typical road, it is so narrow and dangerous that it said to be the route that only birds and rats can pass.
After searching the internet, I wanted to draw a map and share it with you.
This is a video link to share my experience.
If you are interested, you may also look for more videos available on Youtube.
Posted by:
Sunhee Park
update date: 2020.07.07
このマップ（地図）を見るNumber of spots : 10spots
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Julley
Julley (or Joolay) is a common word in Ladakh (and tribal areas of Himachal including Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur and parts of Kullu) which means Namaste, hello, hi. The meaning of Julley has changed over the time. Now some people use Julley to bid good bye also.
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Khardung La
Khardung La (Khardung Pass, la means pass in Tibetan) is a mountain pass in the Leh district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The pass on the Ladakh Range is north of Leh and is the gateway to the Shyok and Nubra valleys.
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Manali
Manali is a resort town India’s northern Himachal Pradesh state which is the place where the 3 friends saved Pia
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Shimla
Shimla is the capital of North India located in the Himalayan foothills. This is featured in ‘3 Idiots’ when 3 college classmates are in search of Rancho the main character of the movie
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Thiksay monastry
Thikse Gompa or Thikse Monastery is a gompa (Tibetan-style monastery) affiliated with the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located on top of a hill in Thiksey approximately 19 kilometres east of Leh in Ladakh, India. It is noted for its resemblance to the Potala Palace in Lhasa. Tibet and is the largest gompa in central Ladakh, notably containing a separate set of buildings for female renunciates that has been the source of significant recent building and reorganisation.
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Prayer flag
A Tibetan prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along trails and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Prayer flags are believed to have originated with Bon. In Bon, shamanistic Bonpo used primary-colored plain flags in Tibet. Traditional prayer flags include woodblock-printed text and images.
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Tea Horse Road
The Tea Horse Road, now generally referred to as the Ancient Tea Horse Road or chamagudao was a network of caravan paths winding through the mountains of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet in Southwest China. This is a difficult route for merchants who traded at the highest points in the world from the 7th century to the 20th century. This not a typical road, it is so narrow and dangerous that it said to be the route that only birds and rats can pass. [KBS Masterpiece Documentary]'The Tea Horse Road' Part 1: The Last Magic (FULL Video)~Part 6 KBS1 2007.09.05. ~ 2007.11.25.Aired 6 episodes I also included the link of the documentary so you could check on them. Surely, you would love the place. This is a video link to share my experience. If you are interested, you may also look for more videos available on Youtube.
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The snow leopard
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), also known as the ounce, is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because the global population is estimated to number less than 10,000 mature individuals and is expected to decline about 10% by 2040. It is threatened by poaching and habitat destruction following infrastructural developments. It inhabits alpine and subalpine zones at elevations from 3,000 to 4,500 m (9,800 to 14,800 ft), ranging from eastern Afghanistan and the Himalayas to southern Siberia, Mongolia and western China. In the northern range countries, it also lives at lower elevations. This is a video link to share my experience. If you are interested, you may also look for more videos available on Youtube.
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Tso Moriri
Tso Moriri or also known as "Mountain Lake" is the wonderful lake on featured at the end of the movie. It is a lake in the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh located at an altitude of 4,522 m.
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Pamir mountains
[EBS World Theme Tour] Walking Pamir Tajikistan Part 1-4 This is a video link to share my experience. If you are interested, you may also look for more videos available on Youtube.
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