Hotel Dar-Es-Salam Srinagar

... finished school and is waiting for acceptance into a University in Jammu to study Electrical engineering. Their dad who I was speaking to before is a civil engineer and it appears that engineering is a sought after skill here with all the development that is happening.
Spent a good few hours outside chatting away before it got too cold and we went inside (separate ways).
I didn't really feel too comfortable with the men as ...

... son (he's probably 12) speaks (well, he tried to) English. He explained to me that his father is a soldier and the big brother is (what a small world) in Diskit gompa. We even tried to find him in the pictures I made in the morning, but he wasn't there. While mother & grandma was preparing the curd and the rice with vegetables I was doing the homework with the kid. It proved that all the textbooks are in English!? And these include math, English and science (a mixture of basic ...

... The serpentine started to become more casual and less asphalted from one hand and more perilous from the other. Needless to mention that it was all remarkably beautiful around. The mountains I was approaching, the valley I was leaving, the perspective that was opening. There were road-stones every kilometer - there were some 10 left, but the progress was very sluggish. I also was fighting all the time with the klatch of the Vespa - the gear wasn't really in perfect condition.
Nubra Valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India maxint

... uued kingad. Vahetame muljeid ja tsillime pikalt templirõdul. Hakkan juba lahkuma, kui giid juhatab meile veel kätte mingi amfiteatrilaadse koha. Vaade nii keskele kui ka ümberringi on hea. Etendub palvelippude tants. Kui oleme seal mõnda aega lebotanud, sammub üle keskpõranda ei keegi muu kui norrakas. Ta tegi eelmise päeva raske koti tõttu lühema tee kaudu ja leidis Hemises üles kuut keelt rääkiva Namgaili Toro külalistemaja. Ameeriklased lahkuvad ja saabuvad ...

... that was in the office kept asking me for a tip. A TIP? A friggin' tip for what? I have a tip for ya.......the tip of my boot up your ass and the tip of my.......ok, i'll keep it only R rated...no need to go to NC17 hahaha.
At approximately 11pm, birnie and Alibaba call back with a great new negotiated price of $1200 dollars if I would just come up and meet him, down from the first quoted price of 2 grand. I was exhausted, tired of everyone in this Delhi roach ...

... Sakina make the tea and the lid of the container rather than a spoon was used to measure the sugar! The samosa's in Kashmir are amazing and more like small Cornish pastries on the outside with a nice thick crust and served with a sauce to dip in. They where ...

I had to make a stop in Kargil before reaching Srinagar in Kashmir. Wow! This place is so different from Ladakh! Finished the Nepalis and Tibetans. Here most people are muslims. Women wear the veil and some are completely covered. School girls all wear a uniform with a veil. Men have a beard and wear the little muslim hat. There's lots of traffic and no more mountain views! I came to Kashmir because I didn't want ...

... we let the Frechies go on ahead with their guide because we knew that all we had left to do was cross our last pass (how hard could it be?) and then we would be in YangTang...maybe two more hours to go. We sat by the river, cooled our feet and snacked. Lisa had had a tough time crossing the rocky river valley and Krista found when she stood up to go she was quite dizzy and confused. We managed to ...

... of water, is everything I imagined. We sleep in artfully carved four poster beds, eat in the dining room with its cabinet of English china, and take afternoon spiced Kashmiri tea on the verandah, served by our 'coolie', and always in proper cups and saucers! With a garden of lotus blossom blooming in the water beside the boat, a cacophany of birdsong, huge eagles soaring overhead, traders paddling ...

... Readings Start 4723m 4257m 3950m 3788m End Picture List: 01 Open Plain 02 Markha Valley Girl 03 View from Ganda La Base Camp 04 Markha Valley Home 1 05 Markha Valley Home 2 06 Markha Valley Old Lady 07 Treking Team and Local 08 Markha Valley Scenery 1 09 Markha Valley Scenery 2 10 Markha Valley Scenery 3 11 A Zeus 12 River Crossing 13 Local Girl 1 14 Local Kids 15 Local Girl 2 16 Markha Valley Scenery 4 17 Mountain Range 1 18 Mountain Range 2 19 Gongmaru La Pass