Cuona Lake
Cuona Lake
View out the window to the Cuona Lake
Nagqu River near Amdo
Erosion protection
Amdo Station
Climbing to the high Tanggula Mountains
Climbing more and more higher and higher
Erosion protection every where
The high mountans in the background
Vista to the landscape near Thangla Ri
Far view to the Snow Mountains
Tonggula Mountain
Close to the Tanggula Snow Mountain
Info display inside the train coach
Reach the Tanggula Mountain Pass 5,231 Meters
Every seconds an different amazing view to the mou…
The highway goes beside the train track
One more view to the snow fields and glaciers
The first runlet of the Yangtze River
Closer view to the Tanggula Mountain
Along the Tanggula mountain range
Tanggula Mountain range
Cuona Lake near Amdo
Near Amdo
Impressive cloud formations
Small pool beside the track
The remain of workers temporary accommodations
Snow just in a bit higher altitude
No one on the highway
Riverbed of Nam Cho
Unending foothills in front of the high mountains
The floor inside along the coach
Dangxiong 4,293 m, clean and empty railwaystation
Salama and Albin inside the compartment
A look outside the window
The track goes along the Tsang Po valley
Modern tourist bus runs beside the Tibet train
The Tsang Po river also called Yarlung Zangbo Rive…
Crossing the Tsang Po river
View over the grain fields to the highway
Just out of Lhasa
Along the Zang Po river
Modern construction in the railway station
Our group is boarding the train
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Close ride beside the Cuona Lake


The lake covers an area of about 400 sq km. It is the source lake of Nu River, which is confluence for all the streams and rivers of the southern Tanggula Mountain. Being about 4,650 m above the sea level, the lake is also the highest fresh water lake in the world. Local Tibetans worship it as the 'Holy Lake', every year of dragon on the Tibetan Calendar thousands of pilgrims will trek here to pray for good fortune.
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