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Couchsurfing in the cold
The plan was to go to Jammu, spend a day and night there and then move to Srinagar. However Jammu is the most ****** town I have ever seen and also when looking for hotels they were expensive. So I decided to take a taxi car for 7 people and go immediately.
In Srinagar I contacted Bilal and his father Riyaz via couchsurfing and after 20 minutes I sat in their house drinking tea. The family consists of 3 children (2 boys 1 girl) and then Riyaz and ...
The Raj Mahal
... in the world, but Gulmarg still ranks among the most dangerous in the world. Part of the problem is that they get a lot of snow, but sometimes not enough to break off the weak layers that form during the first frosts and early snowfalls in October and November so by February there is a potential for very serious and deadly slab avalanches.
I only know this from what I picked up listening to the endless conversations about avalanches and going to ...
Fun and games trying to send a parcel home
... to a shop with a photocopier... just out of sight of the courier stall where I had left the stuff I was going to send. Alarm bells started ringing that this was a scam and the courier guy would frantically pack up his minimalist stall and disappear with my stuff. But my 'helper' stopped and told me that I probably shouldn't use these unofficial private couriers, but instead go to an official DHL, Fedex etc. office of which apparently there was one in ...
A completely different India
Despite the "don't go to Kashmir" warnings from people who base their opinions solely on what they hear in the news but assured by the local people about complete safety in that area I decided to go on the road from Leh to Srinagar. The day began slowly with a late breakfast in the usual German bakery which over the last 5 days became a daily meeting place for me and the two Mikes. A visit to a local post office and I was ready to ...
Exceptional beauty in conflict plagued Kashmir
... down we noticed how the soldiers we had seen earlier was sitting there waiting as well. Our departure time came closer and we saw the soldiers heading for the doors, the were on an earlier flight to the same destination as ours, I have to admit, it did not feel great at that point. We gathered some courage and waited for our departure. We felt we had already made the leap so we might as well just take the step forward into this adventure, as we had already spent almost 15.000rs. And ...
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