Lashi Lake

Every cab driver we spoke to suggested we head to some lake… one of the few that still had water in it during the dry season.
“it’s so beautiful.” “You must see the lake.” “Have you been on the lake?”
So we decided to go.

It turns out… there are several lakes in the valley. A few are parks, surrounded by preserves, and a clean, beautiful and government run.
This particular lake was surrounded by private ranches. It turns out the ranch owners will give drivers a cut of the admission fees they charge to tourists. They charge not only to walk up to the lake, but to ride on their Tibetan horses or to go out on a boat. The grounds aren’t the most beautiful in the region, but it certainly was worth the 30 bucks or so to get there. I hear the government parks are much better though.

“Drink a cup of wine at the stud-farm and smile.”

May ass was still sore from riding up that mountain a few days ago. I’ll pass on the horse rides today.

The lake levels were pretty low… we had to walk quite far over soggy grassland to get to the lake.