The World's Highest Salt-Water Lake (Namtso Lake)

One of the most beautiful places I've been to so far. Lake Namtso means “holy lake” in the Tibetan language. It's a mountain lake in central Tibet. At an elevation of 4,718 metres, it is also the highest-altitude salt-water lake in the world, the furthest depth being more than 33 meters.

Of course it's bloody cold at this altitude and on the way, a long 260 kilometers from Lhasa, the road rises to 5,190 metres, before curling down to the lake.

Jumping out at the pass I felt dizzy and even the short walk to the flat viewing area was slow leaving me short of breath. The wind was strong and cutting too, and it was only 10 minutes later that the crew ran back into the minivan to continue the journey to the lake.

We had to wait 3 days before we were given the O.K to go, every morning previous to leaving we were told the pass was snowed over or too icy, plus there was a danger of being trapped at the lake for days, if there is a miss calculation and the snow comes down. We relied on the driver and luckily he rounded us up when he thought we'd stayed long enough, some of the group were treking wit vigour.

This is the picture of our crew from the high pass (5,190 metres), below is Namtso Lake. The rock on the right shows the height, but it's on another picture!

More stuff on the lake:
Wikipedia: Namtso Lake
Most Beautiful Lakes: Top 5

MC
P.S. I'm now in Nepal.