The very next day the water began rushing up from the ground, destroyed the fortress and engulfed all the Chinese soldiers.
Even to this day when storms rage over the lake the waters cast up on the shores the bones of men and horses who perished in it.

This Teri Noor increases its size every year, approaching nearer and nearer to the mountains.

Skirting the eastern shore of the lake, we began to climb a snow-capped ridge.

The road was easy at first but the guide warned us that the most difficult bit was there ahead.

We reached this point two days later and found there a steep mountain side thickly set with forest and covered with snow.