York Hotel Srinagar

... and works here 6 months of the year during the tourist season and the other 6 in Delhi. The house is owned by Dr Qureshi who is a retired gynecologist and I believe the other permanent members are Shankar the cook (young guy who only speaks Hindi) and Dr. Qureshi's 95 year old grandmother!
After dinner I head up to my room. I can see other residential houses out of my window and since coming to Srinagar I'm shocked at the amount of eagles there are flying around.
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... biology and geography i believe). Curiously enough I discover that mom in Ladahi (that's what I think they were talking) is "AMA" - isn't it cool?! Also the writing resembles Arabic in a very suspicious way. 
The dinner was served, and it was tasty! :) A short photo session, and it's a time to go to sleep. The thermometer shows +6C in my room. But the military sleeping bag looks warm and I got another extra blanket. But I still go to sleep with all my clothes on, good night!

... m meeting Victor, it's so funny to meet the same folks you saw once. The meeting place this time was a decent local eatery - "Tibetan Food" they called it, located at the main "plaza", on the second floor of some shop. We exchanged the experiences and the pictures. He has got some really interesting ones from Dha - a village to the west of Leh. We decide to go there after we return from Nubra. He proposes me to visit the local gompa in the morning to watch the morning pray.

... i c*n s*fely s*y i s*w more footb*ll on the opening wknd th*n if i'd been *t home!! *nd with the time difference the g*mes *ren't on until l*te which me*nt we were still *ble to visit gulm*rg, *nd trek up to some gl*ciers during the d*y, *s well *s doin some steep climbs on horseb*ck! *lthough i'm * toch tender *fter th*t!! next stop is sing*pore so it'll be * while before i'm on this *g*in i think!! oh, *nd go on the spurs!!

... paksu sakslast. Istume ka nemad üle. Päike kaob mäe taha, lehvitan norrakale ja võtan suuna alla. Allaminnes ilmneb, et nii hotellimees kui ka väike tüdruk juhatasid mind tegelikult õigesti, ainult mina tahtsin ikka põikpäiselt mööda seina üles ronida. Taipan äkki ka, keda norrakas mulle kangesti meenutab - Ken-Marti Vaherit. Nüüd jääb veel ainult välja mõelda, keda Anu mulle meenutab. Eestlastega muidugi võib vabalt olla, et nad meenutavad neid endid mõnes ...

... l *re* *nd producing much of the food consumed by the popul*tion. Everywhere n*rrow bo*ts, c*lled Shik*r*s, slice the w*ter`s surf*ce. They *re the n*tur*l me*ns of tr*nsport*tion here, where *ll is liquid. The loc*ls use the simple ones th*t slip through the w*ter w*ys but inches *bove the cold wet. For the visitors f*ncy bo*ts h*ve been build th*t *re ste*dier, cushioned *nd decor*ted with pl*stic flowers *nd equipped with r*dio st*tic sound.

With one of the l*tter we ...

... et sans aucune vegetation, assez lunaire. Cette journee est plus une mise en jambe car on suit la piste qui emmene a notre 1er camp de base, Jingchan, qu'on atteint apres 5 heures de marche de montee progressive. Et la on decouvre le confort de nos acompagnateurs, je n'oserai pas dire nos serviteurs!! Les tentes montees, on a un bon petit the chaud qui nous est offert, avec petits gateaux, et en fin d'apres midi, le repas nous est servi dans la tente cuisine, un excellent ...

... metro link connecting the airport to the city is visibly in progress. Initially I was planning was to head to Rajasthan but after spending a day with all the hawkers in Pharganj pushing trips to Kashmir, apart from plenty of free chia and charrass, I ...

i feel like i've died and gone to heaven. if it wasn't for these mosquitos that are undeterred by your clothes, i would have thought that i really was dead. there is no way that this can still be earth. how can a place that can produce such mass destruction (famines, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.) produce this word-defying paradise? i walk around in a daze, not quite believing my luck. sure i struggled for the past year and a half to get ...

... would have to be missing every sensory organ in your body, to be able to go in them. I even saw one on the main street in Manali that charged 2 rupees for the pleasure!??). I can deal with the beggars and touts and i can deal with seeing/smelling absolutely everything floating down the drains. But the spitting thing. Even the waiters, walking past your table in a restaurant will suck and snort like a hoover on their way ...