Centaur Lake View Hotel
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Couchsurfing in the cold
... yet fallen so snowboarding is not an option yet. No problem, flexibility is an important part of traveling and so a new plan is made to go to the south (and the sun) earlier than expected so I have more time to look around there.
Practical Stuff
- Do not go to Jammu & Kashmir province in winter. It is cold and there is nothing to see and to do. The only reason to go is for skiing or snowboarding but check first if it is possible.
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The Raj Mahal
... a beacon and his group is well trained in recovery. In a slab avalanche the whole mountain comes down and there is a good chance you be crushed and killed before you reach the bottom. A week before I arrived a single skier set off a Category 4 avalanche, which is the second highest classification and is rated by its ability to derail and bury a train, at the top of a bowl. The skier who triggered it got away but 5 skiers over a mile away in the flats at ...
Fun and games trying to send a parcel home
... offers good views over Dal Lake and the mountains beyond. With the aid of binoculars I surprisingly could just make out the "New Sherin" houseboat! On top of the hill is an old - and popular - Shiva temple. I followed the winding road down, which was actually more pleasant than the path up, as the road side of the hill is thickly forested, and there wasn't too much traffic. Back at 'ground level', I took a relaxing hour-long shikara tour of Dal Lake as the sun set.
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A completely different India
... Me and Pete, a British guy whom I met on the way to Leh both agreed that parts of the road between Leh and Srinagar were much worse than the Leh-Manali "highway". Gradually as I was leaving the Buddhist Ladakh I was entering the Muslim areas. The landscapes were changing as well from high Himalaya to mountain ranges and valleys more resembling Alps. Despite of bad quality roads, the journey was more comfortable than the one from ...
Exceptional beauty in conflict plagued Kashmir
... like an idiot so I said, yes of course, not really having a clue though, and he continued, really, and you still want to go there, are you not scared? At this point I was freaking out a bit but kept it cool and convinced myself he was just doing exactly that, as a joke kind of thing, on the stupid tourist expense, I was sure that it wasn't as it sounded and looked. I finished my beedie and went back to our seats.
Our plane was up for departure and we followed the other ...
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Amenities
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Restaurant
- Business Services
- Free parking
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