Himalayan Mountain Lake

By Sky
@skysnap (20152)
May 13, 2016 2:23am CST
My work and the routine does not permit me to visit the himalayan mountains as of yet. There are some of the best lakes and the mountain rides to go in these places. Some of the lakes are so old that they seem to have preserved the skeleton of 400 or 800 year old villages who got under snow storm. Few lakes worth visiting are - 1. Suraj Taal Lake 2. Brahma Taal Lake 3. Skeleton Lake I wish to visit them once in my life. I just can't have enough resources to get that big vacation in life so far.
7 people like this
7 responses
myLot Prince (LOL)
@trivia79 (7828)
• El Segundo, California
14 May 16
in the philippines, there is a lake called taal lake. what is the meaning of taal in your language?
Sky
@skysnap (20152)
•
15 May 16
taal means lake in sanskrit or even in local language hindi.
1 person likes this
myLot Prince (LOL)
@trivia79 (7828)
• El Segundo, California
17 May 16
@skysnap OMG! so that means the name 'taal lake' is redundant! literal meaning of it would be 'lake lake'
Sky
@skysnap (20152)
•
18 May 16
@trivia79 yeah.. :D but can't help it because it was named by english speakers and they eventually force it on you.
1 person likes this
scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
13 May 16
I do not like to go there. It is so cold and remote, and if the vehicle breaks down, we can end up being part of the skeletons collected there.
scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
14 May 16
@skysnap My goodness. No way I will go there. If happen to fall, and injured the leg, I will die there.
Sky
@skysnap (20152)
•
14 May 16
@scheng1 there are no big valleys to fall down once you get there. but the temperature, and air pressure and also if you get injured not much of help is there.
1 person likes this
Sky
@skysnap (20152)
•
14 May 16
No vehicles. Only walking 12 Km distance in between the lakes and hotel.
1 person likes this
LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (52535)
• Philippines
13 May 16
watch out for avalanche, if there was one.
Sky
@skysnap (20152)
•
14 May 16
Haha. No avalanche during summer time. :D
solxee
@sol_cee (38274)
• Philippines
13 May 16
Preserve the skeleton!? Omg! You can't be swimming in there.
Sky
@skysnap (20152)
•
13 May 16
nope. no swimming or even tasting the waters. it only opens for 1 month. after it gets covered in snow.
2 people like this
hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
13 May 16
@skysnap and which month of the year is that?
Sky
@skysnap (20152)
•
14 May 16
@hereandthere last week of july to second week of august.
Reine25
@Lucky15 (37377)
• Philippines
13 May 16
Sounds like a nice place to.visit
Sky
@skysnap (20152)
•
14 May 16
indeed it is a nice place to visit.
1 person likes this
ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 May 16
i also wish to visit those places, but before foreign land, i want to be a tourist here in my own country
Sky
@skysnap (20152)
•
15 May 16
yes, we actually tourist in every place on this planet :D
1 person likes this
Sky
@skysnap (20152)
•
15 May 16
@ridingbet yeah but i have this dream of visiting every possible mountain regions :D
1 person likes this
ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 May 16
@skysnap yes, we must not be a tourist to our own country.
hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
13 May 16
how far is the himalayas from you? how do you get there - bus, train, plane? if you finally have the funds, how long do you plan to stay there?
Sky
@skysnap (20152)
•
14 May 16
From my home the distance is around 2000 Km to this lake. And i have to switch 2 trains and then bus and finally walking to this point. I'd stay no more 2 days in once place. Himalayas are too vast and too long to cover in entire lifetime. So i plan to cover the popular places in himalayas.
1 person likes this