Frozen Qinghai Lake in China | Toyotoro

While in Qinghai one cannot leave without paying a visit to China’s largest lake – Qinghai Lake. More accurately speaking we parked on top of it and then took a stroll across it. Since it was early January when we visited, the lake was frozen over. We slid across the ice and jumped over piles of ice that accumulated there from the water colliding together from beneath. It is 4,317 km2 vast and very very cold! Despite such harsh climate we saw a handful of people perform Kora, which literally means ‘circumambulation’ and it is a way of pilgrimage by Tibetan Buddhists who makes a circumambulation around a sacred site or object. In this case it’s the entire circumference of the lake. As we drove past them in the comfort of our heated Toyotoro we cannot help but admire their resilience for their beliefs.

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We are Runan & Henning going on a little journey from Europe to the Far East. ⁣⁣
What can possibly go wrong.⁣⁣

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