Kargil & Hundurmaan/Hundermaan, J & K, India

After an enthralling ride via Zoji-La and pumped up visit to Kargil War Memorial with the River Indus continuing to flow along-side us, we reached the hustling Kargil town at around 12 noon. My immediate yearning reaching the town was to have momos/dumplings (my absolute favorite which I had been craving for a pretty long …

En-route Kargil via Zoji-La, J & K, India, 20th July 2017

After spending a night full of intolerable stomach aches & upsets, all of us except my school buddy; yes, because he had a paneer meal as dinner while the rest of us - the greedy ones, had a chicken meal as our dinner. The ordeal started at around 3 am and continued till 4 o'clock, …

Sonamarg, J & K, India, 19-20th July, 2017

Eventually, I come to our last leg of “Kashmir” trip. Now now, it doesn’t mean that the trip was over. Actually, there are two regions of Jammu and Kashmir, rather two provinces- Kashmir Province and Ladakh Province. We left our hotel at Pahalgam at 3.30 am and waited at the exit point for the next…

Pahalgam Part II, J & K, India- 17.07.2017 & 18.07.2017

So I am back after quite a bit of a hiatus. Desperately needed some respite. Actually life has been a bit on the tougher side for these few months (it still is) but I hope we will sail through. Anyway, back to where I had left off. So my school buddy was waiting for the …

Pahalgam Part I, J & K, India – 17.07.2017

Here comes my scribbles on our 3rd day of the itinerary. So early morning we were all fresh and ready for our Pahalgam sojourn. We had a pretty good breakfast, Kashmiri Kahwa/Green Tea and asked them to prepare authentic Mutton Pulao for our dinner the next day we return back to Srinagar. I had planned a night stay …

Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir, India – 16.07.2017

Bizarre mule ride.