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Day 7 : Drirapuk to Darchen

Mt. Kailash playing hide and seek in the cover image above. Mount Kailash is a peak in the Kailas Range (Gangdise Mountains), which in turn are part of the greater Trans-Himalaya mountain ranges. It lies near the source of some of the longest rivers in Asia: the Indus River, the Sutlej River (a major tributary […]

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Day 8: Darchen to Saga

Distance Traveled:  About 600 kms Travel Time: About 9 hours. Left Darchen at 10 AM and reached Saga by 7 PM This was the first day of our travel back to Kathmandu from Mt. Kailash. On our way to Mt. Kailash, we had taken 4 days to reach, but took only 3 on the way […]

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Day 9 : Saga to Nyalum

Distance Traveled: About 250 Kms Time Traveled: About 5 hours. Left Saga around 9:30 AM and reached Nyalam by 3 PM. On our way to Mt. Kailash, our buses did not stop at any photography points and given that even we were keen to get to Mt. Kailash as early as possible, none of us […]

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Day 10: Nyalam to Kathmandu

Distance Traveled: About 160 Kms Time Taken: Almost 10 hrs. More than it being the last day of our journey, we wanted to get out of the dirty hotel where we were put up the night before. We left Nyalam at 8 am and reached Kathmandu around 7 pm that evening, due to some issues […]

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