Hotel Centre Point Srinagar

Our Spanish friends book a water trekking trip, while we stay put and take it easy. We need the break. Sonia falls sick. Little fever and music in the stomach. Nothing new. We explore the city, and the surrounding Mughal gardens. Sonja is the focus of a lot of attention. All the men want their picture taken with her. The first 2-3 ...

... November *nd resulted in 166 people killed, New Dehli c*lled * h*lt to these pl*ns. P*kist*n continues to deny th*t *ny st*te *gencies were involved where*s Indi* *ccuses it´s neighbor of *rming, tr*ining *nd sending milit*nts to its p*rt of K*shmir *nd J*mmu.

As I ride on loc*l busses *nd question the people * young boy is killed once *g*in by Indi*n troopers in * sm*ll vill*ge. At the s*me time * court suspends 4 p*r*milit*ry troopers, including *n *ssist*nt comm*nd*nt ...

... than it would be during peaceful times. My houseboat was amazing and very glamorous. It was not what I expected at all. The boat had a living room, with TV, a dining room and two huge on suite bedrooms and a beautiful porch off the living room at the front ...

... picked me up from the airport. he had to wait a while though. i talked to some foreigners who come to kashmir all the time. they thought i was getting ripped off and helped me file a complaint with the local police and tourist bureau. then i had to file some paperwork about being a foreigner in the area. i was actually kinda worried that i didn't get a special visa to visit this area but they let me in so *shrug* after i finally left the ...

... před mesitou. Ne-musulmánům je vsak povoleno podívat se okýnkem, kterým je krásně vidět dovnitř. Mesita mi připomínala spís dřevěné budhistické malované klástery nez mesitu. Je tedy ze dřeva, prý bez jedinného hřebíku a po stěnách a sloupech najdeme barevné malované květy a plno dalsích tvarů, typických pro budhismus. Zbytek odpoledne píseme a nabíráme energii od členů nasich rodin po telefonu a večer si ...

... many ways. We never hiked more than 4-5 hours/day (we usually bike 6-8), and all meals were prepared for us (although they cooked on kerosene; I never cared for the reek of kerosene, and now after extended exposure, sometimes not in the best of gastronomical shape, even a whiff is enough to make me nauseous). Speaking of which; conventional wisdom says that if you go to India, you will get sick. This is not surprising really; hygiene is abysmal by US standards, dishes are ...

... bebnach. Wszystko to jest dla nas bardzo egzotyczne. Zostajemy poczestowani slona, kaszmirska herbata i makabrycznym tortem, smakiem przypominajacym rozpuszczony plastik. Lysa zaczyna sie poruszac, lokale to przyuwazaja i niemal sila zmuszaja nas do tanca. Stajemy sie gwiazdami wieczoru, wszyscy klaszcza i bawia sie wysmienicie. Cala impreza konczy sie o 3 nad ranem, rozstajemy sie z Albertem, przed nami tylko 3h snu.

Dzien zaczynamy od telefonu do kolesia, ktorego poznalysmy dzien wczesniej na ulicy. Jest wlascicielem lodzi i organizuje trekkingi, wygladal na sensownego wiec moze cos z tego wyjdzie. Po malej scysji opuscilysmy nasza obecna lodz by zobaczyc co slychac na innych. Nie obylo sie to bez wrzaskow, wlasciciele zarzuculi nam ze im nie ufamy i dlatego zmieniamy lodz i ze na innej ...

... his purple coat in a sea of men in earth-tone fehrans it was easy to see in my peripherals that he hadn't. Traffic delayed his progress but he was hustling (hustlers hustle) to catch up with me. He spoke surprisingly good English with a slight accent. Although he missed the 'go away' part (or did he just choose to ignore it?) he read my mind about the internet. "Would you like to use the internet?" "You must have been reading part of ...

... never since.

The house bo*t w*s not docked directly on the shores of the l*ke where we p*rked our c*r. To get to the house bo*t we h*d to t*ke *ll our lugg*ge in * sm*ll *nd long bo*t, c*lled "shik*r*" to our house bo*t which w*s docked in * quiet *re* *nd secluded *re* on the other side of the l*ke. The house bo*t w*s n*med "Amy". It w*s * very be*utifully c*rved *nd nicely furnished but sm*ll bo*t. There were * number of such housebo*ts docked close to e*ch ...