Thursday, May 15, 2014

The wonderful Dal Lake, Srinagar

Living room of the houseboat. Richly carved throughout



People come to sell you everything - from flowers, seeds, shawls, woodwork, photos... even icecream and tea


Appa found it tough to get into and out of the little boat which takes you to the shore - so he sat where the boatman sits
What is Kashmir without flowers?

The Queen!



Shopping on the Lake - shops on all sides

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Kashmir - Sonmarg


This kind of picture is inevitable if you go to Kashmir., so no laughing. At every place, there will be a dozen suits and a few people bugging you till you say okay. Unfortunately, i dont have the pics of MRG and Kalai and Dhruv to display here :-))))

Sonmarg was our first glimpse of snow and snow capped mountains. Simply marvelous. 

 And our first sledging experience. One guy pulls you up the slope and then pulls or pushes you downhill. 

You have to pay for extra gear - coats and boots, for the sledge and guy who pulls you up and then for the photos - expensive affair but we were euphoric. here at the top, we discard coats to pose in the sunshine.

Appa stayed dressed like this throughout. He enjoyed it except for the last day when it began raining and he couldnt bear the cold.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

hi everyone,
short showers here in chennai in may. very welcome.
everybody off on a holiday somewhere.
kapu