Hotel Jai Maa Inn Katra
Kashmir Road Katra, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, 182301, India
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You would not believe the day i've had
Well, I had a weird weekend so far. I'm back in Delhi for now, although I was meant to be in Rajasthan for the whole weekend. Jaipur is charming and a lovely town which I hope to go back to, but we had to shake some charlatans, so we woke up at 5am, and skeedaddled. I don't have time for the details now (sorry mom, thanks for being good natured and …
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Jammu und Kashmir
heisst der noerdlichste teil von Indien, wo ich jetzt rumkrebse. In Jammu wartete ich eigentlich nur auf die weiterfahrt nach kashmir am naechsten morgen. aber da etwas zeit war hab ich mich doch etwas umgesehen und bin in einen hindu-tempel rein. da wird man gleich auf einen vorgegebenen weg geschickt und die segnungen koennen beginnen - in jeder raeumlichkeit sitzt so ein "priester" der einen segnen will ob man jetzt ...
A Rest
Ah. Finally. A rest. 26 hours it took to get from Leh to Jammu. Pretty good time actually. 750 KM in 26 hours. Average of 30km/hr. Well, for the road we were on, its pretty damn good.
Our final stop in India was Mumbai. We were going to make a stop for a day to break up the journey. We figured we'd have to go through Delhi. The trains to Delhi were booked (as ...
The Yatra
... itself, otherwise one has to queue up at one of two Yatri Registration Centers to get this slip of paper.
The Yatra or trek up the hill is a fairly strenuous climb. It is between 12 to 14 km and generally pretty steep throughout. You can rent a pony or even a palanquin to take you up. Helicopter rides are also available to the top for Rs 700, weather permitting. The vast majority of people prefer to walk as a sign of their faith, constantly chanting "Jai Mata ...
Stopover in nondescript Jammu en route to Srinagar
An early start this morning, like 4am, so I could go to the Golden Temple one more time and get some pictures at dawn. Then off to the bus station to catch a bus to Jammu; from there on to Srinagar tomorrow is my plan. There isn't much else of interest in Amritsar to keep me here and it's a typical Indian city in that it is overcrowded, noisy, dirty and polluted.
There isn't anything worth seeing ...



