We arrived in Delhi late yesterday afternoon. The flight was amazing, flying over the
mountains. Jim says look at all
that untouched snow! I am more
than happy to leave it untouched – way too steep for me.
The trip from Gulmarg to Srinagar was as
expected. Got bogged in the snow
on the way down to Tangmarg, hit the traffic in Srinagar where at this point
Mushtaq followed the cheeky drivers going up the wrong side of the road and
then cutting back in on the right side, all quite normal driving behaviour in
Srinagar. Then we had to deal with
the normal security searches at the airport five in total. Everyone is very pleasant about
it.
The region is still feeling a
bit on edge with the execution of a local Kashmiri in Delhi a few weeks
ago. Lucky we left when we did as
today is another strike day. This
means all the shops and services are non operational and we would have had to
go to the airport at daybreak and wait all day for our flight.
It is nice to be back at Hotel Ajanta, a home away from home for us here in Delhi.
We fly out tomorrow morning for Kerala. It is a 5.5 hour flight via Mumbai. We plan to be in Kerala for the next six weeks. There is lots to see and do besides sitting on the beach, that's what Lonely Planet and every Indian you talk to says so we will see.
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| Looking down to the left of the street off our balcony at Hotel Ajanta, Delhi |
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| Looking down to the right, before the traffic of the day starts |
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| 5 minutes after leaving Srinagar airport |
Well Hap, onto the next stage of your big adventure. Work is over and now time to play, relax and take in all the sights, sounds and tastes of another part of India. Enjoy! We are off to Thailand next week for three weeks, and really looking forward to getting away from all the rain and horrid weather we've been getting over the past 2 months. So will be thinking of you lazing on an Indian beach while we are sipping cocktails in tropical Phuket. I hope we all have the best time to:-)
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xxx