"Arrived in Kashmir just after nine this morning, landed in a place called Srinagar which is the capital of the Jammu and Kashmir state in the far north-west of India . Had a window ..."
" There is perhaps no other place on earth, for me, with as much allure and mystique as Kashmir, a place that has remained an enigma hidden beneath razor wire, guns, distance, and m ..."
A travel blog entry from Srinagar by
lraleigh
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"Kashmir has had a lot of political violence in the recent past. Before getting the plane tickets up there from the "Government travel agent" in Delhi we checked the US depart ..."
" The mid-morning alpine sun was blinding. Recovering from a night of abnormally good sleep when I faced the streets of Srinagar, the light scorched my ..."
"We finally reached a bit of heaven after going through hell on earth. The ride to our houseboat sped through some crazy traffic, similar to Delhi, so we were really worried that we ..."
"Sorry it's been so long since I've written. I've been in the north in Srinagar in the Kashmir region, where marijuana grows in the wild! The first few days I stayed at Imran's hous ..."
"Say the word Kashmir to most Americans and they'll probably think of "expensive sweater", followed maybe by "National Geographic Article?" or more probably "war zone". Said t ..."
"How do you imagine paradise? On Monday morning took a 9:30 morning bus from Dharamsala for 7 hours to Jammu. Had to spend the night in Jammu-which to put it lightly is a bit ..."
"Part Two of India: Fiasco. When I mentioned earlier that we trusted some people we shouldn't have, this was mostly why... As part of our "package" we were pushed, I mean enticed, i ..."
"You may have heard about Kashmir, possibly because of last year's earthquake, or perhaps because of it's proximity and history with Pakistan - or maybe you have a Kashmiri shawl or ..."
Srinagar, India
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