There are days when you are surrounded by so much beauty that you feel privileged, blessed even, to witness it. You walk with a spring in your step, a big grin on your face and the world just feels right again. It is like being in love, maybe even better, because you have none of that 'delicious torment' (to quote Emerson) that comes with it. 

This was one of those days.

Tsomoriri is, in my opinion the most beautiful of all the 3 big lakes in Ladakh. So a trip there well worth the effort, especially if you make it a circular route and come back via the TsoKar lake and Taglang La.

Situated at an altitude of over 4500m in the Changthang Plateau, TsoMoriri is one of the most beautiful lakes in Ladakh. Ringed on all sides by high mountains, TsoMoriri lake sits in a perfect bowl like depression. On the western shores of the lake lie the Korzok village. Inhabited by the Changpa nomads, their main source of income is by rearing the pashmina goats around the grassy shores of the lake. Owing to the high tourist traffic, Korzok village is the most developed of the villages in the area (Sumdo, Tsokar etc).