The road from Lhasa to Gyantse with 3 passes (4794m / 5039m / 4280m) (Tibet - China)
(EN) Incluse Gampa-la (4794m), Yamdrok lake, baidi village, Karo-la (5039m) & Simu-la (4280m)
Map for Tibet trip :
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Chinese Roads near the Tibet-Arunachal border - a Google Earth study
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There are 4 main roads leading down to eastern India from Chinese highways in Tibet. Three lead to Arunachal Pradesh, and one to Sikkim
1. The easternmost - the provincial road S 201 is the one going towards the Walong area is in rough mountainous terrain. The road follows a narrow river valley and enters India as the Lohit river valley. This road does not come via the Tibetan plain but via the eastern limit of the Himalayas - so there are no flat areas to build towns or settlements or even roads. The road pretty much faithfully follows the river valley which is itself over 2500-2800 meters up and on either side are forested mountainsides going up all the way above the treeline to 4000 to 4500 meters. Attacks from this area are possible by men or foot or special forces. There is no easy place for a motorized attack force to come.
2. The next road coming towards India is a little further west of the S 201 (described above). In fact this road is the shortest one from the Chinese highways to the Indian border. It literally runs along the Tsangpo river valley just after the great bend and the river enters Arunachal Pradesh in the form of a Z-bend to become the Siang river which later becomes the Brahmaputra. Although it is the shortest road ~90 km to the Indian border it also runs through such rough mountainous terrain that the area was cut off for 6 months a year from the rest of China until recently. The road runs from a town called Bowo on the main China-Tibet highway to a town called Medog which is about 20 odd km from the Indian border. In the last 7-8 years the Chinese have improved their own access ro Medod from Bowo by building a 9 km long tunnel in the mountain road from Bowo to Medog. Even so this remains a treacherous route and beyond Medog into India there is no road - only narrow valley and mountain trails. Again this mountain area does not offer places for large military establishments. The Chinese have only a small visible military footprint in this area.
3. The third road from highways to India is the S-202 Provincial road to the Tawang area. My last video was about this road.
The S-202 is about 200 km long from highway to the Tawang border at Bum La. It is along this road that the Chinese have the most visibly large military presence in the Eastern region. This area is where the Chinee sit on the heights and Tawang is down on the slopes leading to Tawang Chu river.
4. The last eastern road from highways to India is near Nathu La in Sikkim - the S-204 provincial road. I am currently working on a video describing this. This is where the Chinese received a drubbing in 1967. This is also where the Chinese road comes all the way up to the Indian border where Indian tourists can photograph the Chinese road and PLA guardsmen, marvel at the road and say how the Chinese have built excellent roads all the way to the Indian border. India occupies high ground with a commanding view of the Chinese side in this area.
The S-204 is a much longer road distance from the main Chinese highway than the S-202 to Tawang. The S-204 to Nathu La is 300 km long and it comes from a town called Xigaze to Nathu La. Xigaze has a railway line from Lhasa - and Lhasa is connected via the railway to the rest of China. I will do a separate piece about the railway. Xigaze (or Shigatse) has an airfield also - situated at 3800 km high and a 5 km long runway and is not a great one for heavily laden aircraft to take off. Chinese military presence along the S-204 is less heavy and less robust than along the S-202 to Tawang
Lhasa, Street Life, Tibet - China Travel Channel
The street life in Lhasa, the administrative capital of Tibet, China, mostly takes place around the Jokhang Temple, which is the religious center of Tibet. The proportion of Han Chinese in Lhasa is around 20%, which is mainly concentrated on the Inner City District Chengguan . Here, the proportion of Han Chinese is about 35%. Members of the army are not taken into account.
In Tibet, the everyday life and religion can barely be separated from each other, so that it does not astonish it that dealers, pilgrims and playing children casually mingle with the rest of the population.
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Das Straßenleben in Lhasa, Tibet in China spielt sich zum größten Teil rund um den Jokhang Tempel, der das religiöse Zentrum Tibets darstellt, ab. Der Anteil der Han Chinesen in Lhasa beträgt rund 20%, wobei sich dieser hauptsächlich auf den Inneren Stadtbezirk Chengguan konzentriert. Hier beträgt der Anteil der Han Chinesen ca. 35%. Armeeangehörige sind dabei nicht berücksichtigt.
Alltagsleben und Religion sind in Tibet kaum voneinander zu trennen, so dass es nicht erstaunt, dass sich Händler, Pilger und spielende Kinder ungezwungen mit der restlichen Bevölkerung mischen.
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Snow covered Jumolhari Mountain : Bhutan
Jomolhari or Chomolhari sometimes known as the bride of Kangchenjunga”, is a mountain in the Himalayas, straddling the border between Yadong County of Tibet, China and the Thimphu district of Bhutan. The north face rises over 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) above the barren plains. The mountain is the source of the Paro Chu (Paro river) which flows from the south side and the Amo Chu which flows from the north side.
The mountain is sacred to Tibetan Buddhists who believe it is the abode of one of the Five Tsheringma Sisters; (jo mo tshe ring mched lnga) — female protector goddesses (Jomo) of Tibet and Bhutan, who were bound under oath by Padmasambhava to protect the land, the Buddhist faith and the local people.
On the Bhutanese side is a Jomolhari Temple, toward the south side of the mountain about a half-day's journey from the army outpost between Thangthangkha and Jangothang at an altitude of 4150 meters. Religious practitioners and pilgrims visiting Mt. Jomolhari stay at this temple. There are several other sacred sites near Jomolhari Temple, including meditation caves of Milarepa and Gyalwa Lorepa. Within an hour's walk up from the temple at an altitude of c. 4450 meters is Tseringma Lhatso, the spirit lake of Tsheringma.
In Tibet there is an annual pilgrimage from Pagri to a holy lake, Jomo Lharang, which lies at c. 5,100 metres (16,700 ft) elevation, just north of the mountain.
Source : Wikipedia
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Jomolhari mountain range as seen from Drukgyal Dzong : Bhutan
View of Jumolhari mountain range as seen from Drukgyal Dzong in Bhutan.
Jomolhari or Chomolhari sometimes known as the bride of Kangchenjunga”, is a mountain in the Himalayas, straddling the border between Yadong County of Tibet, China and the Thimphu district of Bhutan. The north face rises over 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) above the barren plains. The mountain is the source of the Paro Chu (Paro river) which flows from the south side and the Amo Chu which flows from the north side.
The mountain is sacred to Tibetan Buddhists who believe it is the abode of one of the Five Tsheringma Sisters; (jo mo tshe ring mched lnga) — female protector goddesses (Jomo) of Tibet and Bhutan, who were bound under oath by Padmasambhava to protect the land, the Buddhist faith and the local people.
On the Bhutanese side is a Jomolhari Temple, toward the south side of the mountain about a half-day's journey from the army outpost between Thangthangkha and Jangothang at an altitude of 4150 meters. Religious practitioners and pilgrims visiting Mt. Jomolhari stay at this temple. There are several other sacred sites near Jomolhari Temple, including meditation caves of Milarepa and Gyalwa Lorepa. Within an hour's walk up from the temple at an altitude of c. 4450 meters is Tseringma Lhatso, the spirit lake of Tsheringma.
In Tibet there is an annual pilgrimage from Pagri to a holy lake, Jomo Lharang, which lies at c. 5,100 metres (16,700 ft) elevation, just north of the mountain.
Source: Wikipedia
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of 50, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world...
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Jomolhari peak in Bhutan & Kanchenjunga range peaks of Sikkim & Nepal
Aerial view of Jomolhari peak in Bhutan & Kanchenjunga range peaks of Sikkim & Nepal.
Jomolhari or Chomolhari sometimes known as the bride of Kangchenjunga”, is a mountain in the Himalayas, straddling the border between Yadong County of Tibet, China and the Thimphu district of Bhutan. The north face rises over 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) above the barren plains. The mountain is the source of the Paro Chu (Paro river) which flows from the south side and the Amo Chu which flows from the north side.
Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world. It rises with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal that is limited in the west by the Tamur River and in the east by the Teesta River. The Kangchenjunga Himal is located in eastern Nepal and Sikkim, India.
The main peak of Kangchenjunga is the second highest mountain in Nepal after Mount Everest. Three of the five peaks – Main, Central and South – are on the border between North Sikkim and Nepal. Two peaks are in the Taplejung District, Nepal.
Kangchenjunga Main is the highest mountain in India, and the easternmost of the mountains higher than 8,000 m (26,000 ft). It is called Five Treasures of Snow after its five high peaks, and has always been worshipped by the people of Darjeeling and Sikkim.
Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations based on various readings and measurements made by the Great Trigonometric Survey of India in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest, known as Peak XV at the time, was the highest. Allowing for further verification of all calculations, it was officially announced in 1856 that Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain.
Kangchenjunga was first climbed on 25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band, who were part of a British expedition. They stopped short of the summit as per the promise given to the Maharaja of Sikkim that the top of the mountain would remain inviolate. Every climber or climbing group that has reached the summit has followed this tradition. Other members of this expedition included John Angelo Jackson and Tom Mackinon.
Source : Wikipedia
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Peaks of western Bhutan as seen from the air
Jomolhari and other peaks of western Bhutan as one flies west from Bhutan and into eastern Nepal... The Himalaya shows itself off to best advantage!
Jomolhari or Chomolhari sometimes known as the bride of Kangchenjunga”, is a mountain in the Himalayas, straddling the border between Yadong County of Tibet, China and the Thimphu district of Bhutan. The north face rises over 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) above the barren plains. The mountain is the source of the Paro Chu (Paro river) which flows from the south side and the Amo Chu which flows from the north side.
The mountain is sacred to Tibetan Buddhists who believe it is the abode of one of the Five Tsheringma Sisters; (jo mo tshe ring mched lnga) — female protector goddesses (Jomo) of Tibet and Bhutan, who were bound under oath by Padmasambhava to protect the land, the Buddhist faith and the local people.
On the Bhutanese side is a Jomolhari Temple, toward the south side of the mountain about a half-day's journey from the army outpost between Thangthangkha and Jangothang at an altitude of 4150 meters. Religious practitioners and pilgrims visiting Mt. Jomolhari stay at this temple. There are several other sacred sites near Jomolhari Temple, including meditation caves of Milarepa and Gyalwa Lorepa. Within an hour's walk up from the temple at an altitude of c. 4450 meters is Tseringma Lhatso, the spirit lake of Tsheringma.
In Tibet there is an annual pilgrimage from Pagri to a holy lake, Jomo Lharang, which lies at c. 5,100 metres (16,700 ft) elevation, just north of the mountain.
Source : Wikipedia
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of 50, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world...
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Snow covered Jumolhari mountain as seen from Drukgyal Dzong in Bhutan
View snow covered Jumolhari mountain as seen from Drukgyal Dzong in Bhutan.
Jomolhari or Chomolhari sometimes known as the bride of Kangchenjunga”, is a mountain in the Himalayas, straddling the border between Yadong County of Tibet, China and the Thimphu district of Bhutan. The north face rises over 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) above the barren plains. The mountain is the source of the Paro Chu (Paro river) which flows from the south side and the Amo Chu which flows from the north side.
The mountain is sacred to Tibetan Buddhists who believe it is the abode of one of the Five Tsheringma Sisters; (jo mo tshe ring mched lnga) — female protector goddesses (Jomo) of Tibet and Bhutan, who were bound under oath by Padmasambhava to protect the land, the Buddhist faith and the local people.
On the Bhutanese side is a Jomolhari Temple, toward the south side of the mountain about a half-day's journey from the army outpost between Thangthangkha and Jangothang at an altitude of 4150 meters. Religious practitioners and pilgrims visiting Mt. Jomolhari stay at this temple. There are several other sacred sites near Jomolhari Temple, including meditation caves of Milarepa and Gyalwa Lorepa. Within an hour's walk up from the temple at an altitude of c. 4450 meters is Tseringma Lhatso, the spirit lake of Tsheringma.
In Tibet there is an annual pilgrimage from Pagri to a holy lake, Jomo Lharang, which lies at c. 5,100 metres (16,700 ft) elevation, just north of the mountain.
Source: Wikipedia
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of 50, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world...
Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience!
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Tibet 2016
Traveling in Tibet, September 2016: Lhasa, Gyantse and Shigatse.