Royal Park Hotel Gulmarg

... Shakeel had been on it as there hasn't been too many foreign tourists and the Indians on holiday aren't interested in treks.
Got back to the jeep after at least spotting a few monkeys and had a quick chai before leaving. Said goodbye to Shakeel and took his number. Kashmir seems to be desperate for tourism as it is a main source of income for the locals. What appears to be slowing down the trade is the fact that international governments are not clearing the area as ...

... 269;alo zapadat, tak jsme to vzali. Koupelnu vlastní nemáme a já po zkusenostech se záchody v indických rodinách byla docela nesvá. Koupelna této rodiny je také samozřejmě na houseboutu (neptejte se, kam jsou splasky), je to mensí, modře vymalovaná místnůstka s velikým barelem na vodu a na její ohřev, tureckým záchodem, plechovou ohrádkou na vyznačení místa na sprchu (která se provádí klasicky za pomocí kbelíku) a zdi jsou posety věsáčky. Voda ...

... famiglia che ci ospitava, l'autista che aveva affittato la macchina ed un altro pescatore. Quest'ultimo č sceso a metŕ strada perché voleva andare a pescare in un punto diverso del fiume, lo avremmo recuperato a fine giornata. Lenka ed io avevamo pagato metŕ della locazione della macchina per la giornata, ossia quasi 40 euro, il che ci era sembrato giusto. Ci era sembrato. In piů, avevamo pagato circa 10 euro "per il cibo ed il resto". Il resto? Quale resto? Ci siamo fermati accanto ...

... to North and South Korea. Up early on a Saturday morning to catch my Jet Airways flight to Delhi...with a short (50 minute) connection in Delhi to catch a connecting flight to Srinagar. I got to the Hyderabad airport early and when I went to my frisking and bag screening, the x-ray operator noticed something in my hiking boots she didn't like so of course we had to unpack the entire bag to get to them. Turns out I forgot that I have left my ...

... drinking Kashmiri tea, is an experience we'll never forget. This morning, whilst attempting to insert a contact lense, I looked up from my tent to see ten or more gypsy people staring at me. Within seconds this number had doubled then tripled then quadrupled. Ferdoze our cook, informed me that it was probable that they had never seen a European person. No wonder they looked at me with such peculiarity.

... in horn abuse when driving. Long ago they gave up on trusting the bloke in front of them to use the rear view mirror, and instead rely on the 'ear view' giving anything in front of them a good blast on the horn. They honk to say "hello", "I'm coming up behind you", "good bye", they honk louder if you're in the way, and honk a few more times just to say "bikes? you must be insane". Given that I'm used to Seattle, where usage of the horns is half a step below flipping ...

... que el oxigeno empieza a escasear y las mochilas, de 15 kilos, se hacen como sacos de cemento. Ancianas de 70 anos, shadhus caminando descalzos, ricos hindus a lomos de caballos, porteadores cachemiris subiendo las bolsas a los pudientes, familias con ninos pequenos, grupos de jovenes que van alli de fiesta... todos alli, subiendo pasos de montana temibles, de increible belleza, con la fuerza que la fe da... son mas de 30 kilometros (solo de ida...) que, sinceramente, no se como ...

... dal i czarna fasole, do tego pieczone placki roti. Jadlodalnie Sikhow dzialaja przez 24 h i kazdy glodny moze sie tam za darmo posilic. Po tej skromnej uczcie odbyla sie sesja fotograficzna , dostalysmy kolejne adresy na ktore mamy wyslac nasze white faces. Poznym popoludniem wybralysmy sie na bazar w poszukiwaniu Punjabi Suit dla Lysiaka, co bylo operacja wielce stresujaca. Finalem tej wyprawy byl zakup ...

... anything I said in response but I started to get angry as well. I think much of my argument came from the discrepancies in just about everything he said to me. Words distractedly came out of my mouth simply from wanting to get out of the situation. He noticed the attention we'd attracted and tried to calm down but wouldn't drop it. He caught up with me again down the street when I walked off again. Grabbing the strap of my bag ...

... to the west. All of it was covered in deep snow. Two weeks prior, two meters of snow fell in one storm. About a foot of snow had fallen that night. Everything was perfect for some mental healing. The resort is comprised of one gondola built in two phases. The first phase gives access to easy runs on the lower portion of the mountain; mostly paths through sparse trees with many flat sections. The second phase unloads at a station in the ...