Good Morning |
Overnight, it had snowed heavily at the mountain tops |
Green Valley and white peaks all around. Girya's place sits in these serene surroundings |
As if gods had dropped a wheat flour sack over the mountains |
Prayers wheels in the frontyard |
We enjoyed playing badminton here.. |
Photo sessions till others got ready for the day |
Colourful and Beautiful flowers |
Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder |
Busy Bee |
Entrance of the Tawang Monastery |
Lord Buddha - Inside the Monastery |
Intricate art work everywhere |
may be an oil pot to serve oil to the lamps.. |
Colourful decoration everywhere |
View inside the monastery campus |
Old part of the Monastery getting renovated |
Entrance of an old house near the monastery |
Stories Painted on every wall of the Monastery |
Lot of history and culture in every painting |
Attention to detail- This is just a part of Buddha's crown |
Large cauldrons used for special occasions |
Museum houses lot of articles used in yesteryears |
View from the the Monastery |
Another View - Today we will drive up these mountains |
Majestic Tawang Monastery |
We start our journey to the top |
Beautiful Landscape |
Road width becomes smaller and smaller |
Many many lakes on the way.. |
Cameras cannot capture and explain the experience |
More than 15000 ft |
Finally reached y junction - mid point |
Best momos I ever had - hot and delicious |
Taking a break |
More lakes and we are told this place is heaven when the snow melts and there is some greenery around |
Another break for snaps in the snow |
It was very very cold.. light wollen clothing was not enough at all :) |
Rambo playing with ice |
It started snowing again |
Roads were dangerously slippery |
We reach our destination for the day - Shonga tseir lake |
splendid beauty of mountains all around |
This is also called as Madhuri lake |
Devine Ducks |
It started snowing again |
We started back |
Sikh Guru - Guru Nanak had visited here |
Snow dogs |
Snow daggers |
Double daggers |
Another break at Y junction - 14615 ft |
Icicles |
PTSO lake |
Another view of PTSO lake |
Lord Buddha - overlooking Tawang valley |
Lord Buddha Statue - under construction |
View of Monastery while returning from Madhuri lake |
In the evening we visited the dragon retaurant in Tawang. - Must visit place |
Waiting for dinner to be served |
Excellent, Fantastic, Fabulous, super food |
Thus ended one of the best days of our life.. what an experience. |