Kashmir Residency

... Martti kuulutab, et tema sellises kohas küll midagi ei söö. Aga saiu tuuakse kőigile ja ta vőtab siiski ühe. Piimaga teed ka ka ei joovat. Aga kuna muud pole... :) őnnestub kőik teeäärsetes kohtades sööma őpetada. Kummiparandus vőtab tunduvalt kauem kui Kambodzas. Jőuame ära pildistada kőik külaelanikud, mőni teeb auto juures läbi őige mitu ringi.
Saabume Kargilisse ja peseme tolmu maha. Hotellimees pole bussipiletit saanud, aga on leinud mulle ...

... wheel off but together we manged to fix and replace the spokes in no time. This was good news for me as the wheel would probably of ended up like a Pringle if not, with the weight of my bag and the state of the roads and passes to come. I finally got off about 11am and had to ride about 3 hours in pitch black keeping the revs highs (to make the headlight bright enough) on the small winding roads to make it to Kargil that night. Kargil marks the ...

... morning, we were greeted with deceivingly clear, blue skies and, after 16 hours of sleep, my AMS seemed to have passed. In order to reach the summit, it requires a 1am departure, followed by 10 hours of climbing. Obviously we weren't going to be summiting that morning, and we chose an extra day to acclimatize and to see what the weather was going to do. I managed a short hike, to approx. 5300m (17,056ft), although I felt extremely weak and ...

... chaiové zastávce byla vysklená okna vybavena fialovou igelitovou plachtou. Coz sice pomohlo, ale ti co za ní seděli, neviděli tu krásu okolo - nase sklo bylo sice spinavé, zato celé. Po deseti hodinách (tentokrát nejsme ani unavení - ze bychom se začali přizpůsobovat indickým cestám?) přijízdíme do Kargilu, který je blizoučko od území zabraného Pákistánem, Kargil je tak jako Srinagar a naprostá část Kasmíru, muslimská. Okolí je kamenité a ...

... per partire era fissato alle 4H00 del mattino... La partenza sotto le stelle č stata suggestiva. Abbiamo visto il giorno farsi piano piano. Non riuscivo a staccare gli occhi dallo spettacolo dietro il vetro (e non smettevo di ringraziare di avere ancora un vetro). Prima c'era un fiume alla nostra sinistra, poi eravamo su colli enormi sabbiosi e sassosi, finché abbiamo scavallato un passo oltre i 4000 metri. Nelle soste, prendevo le rocce in mano e mi accorgevo che erano come ...

... And Flowers, Shadded By Chinar Trees. Dinner & Overnight Stay At Hotel. DAY 4: SRINAGAR - PAHALGAM - SRINAGAR. Finishing Breakfast At 8-00 Hrs, Proceed For Pahalgam. Pahalgam Has Much Attraction Like Pretty Walks & Rides And Good Fishing Surrounded By Green Glaciers. At Evening Back To Srinagar . Dinner & Overnight Stay At Hotels. DAY 5: SRINAGAR - SONMARG -SRINAGAR. Having Breakfast ...

... e*ch night. The only thing we didn't h*ve w*s booze, but even th*t w*sn't much of * h*rdship. We ventured into town * few times, *nd you don't h*ve to go f*r to get * feeling for the problems the *re* h*s f*ced over the ye*rs. Indi*n *rmy troops *re everywhere, which is unsurprisng given it's history................................ ................

... will land on one side of a grand scale that will finally tip into the "back home" side and we will once again feel fully present. And then someone asks the hardest question of all..."So how was your trip to India?" And the vastness of what we experienced comes back into focus and I wonder how we will ever communicate all we experienced. How can you answer that question about an experience so vast? Last night on the phone with a dear friend, we laughed about the silence ...

... iskali hotel ali kakrsnokoli sobo...Vsi so (turistici agenti)zatrjevali, da ni prostora...Potem smo hoteli mesto zapustiti ze ponoci. vendar ni bilo na voljo niti enega prostega sedeza na vlaku ali avtobusu! (po njihovih besedah - zaradi hinudujskega festivala) Na zadnje smo se znasli v dragem hotel, kjer smo zjutraj ugotovili, da je bila vsa zmeda cez noc potrebna le zato da smo pristali v tocno tem hotelu (v recepciji so bili namrec isti ljudje, ki s nam ze na ...

... capital of Kashmir and Jammu, Srinagar. This would be the first time I set foot on a "luxury" version of an Indian bus, but I wasn't getting too excited, I'm sure the luxury element would be a padded seat and maybe a running mini-fan. Well, I was pretty close to the mark with the term "luxury". Yep, the seats were padded, even reclining... well sort of, and a running mini-fan was provided, and so the journey began. Only 24 hours to go and I would be in Kashmir!! WOW! From the ...