1983 India: Srinagar (11/9-10/1983)

Wednesday, November 9, 1983
Depart Chandigarh 7:25.

Flying over the foothills of the Himalayas

Flying over the Himalayas

Flying over the Kashmir plateau

Arrive Srinagar 9:15.

Currency exchange recipt

Srinagar is famous for Dal Lake and the houseboats, many of which are hotels.

View of houseboats and real houses

View from houseboat roof

Houseboat hotel room

Water lilies

Grocery shikara/wooden boat

My houseboat hotel

Here you hire a shikara/wooden boat for transport.

Shikara driver

Local housing 

View across Dal Lake

Collecting water lily compost

Edge of the lake

Compost collections

Fishermen

Nishat Bagh/Garden of Delight

Nishat Bagh/Garden of Delight (1633) is the second largest garden in the Kashmir Valley. It is laid out in Persian style with twelve terraces.

Nishat Bagh/Garden of Delight

Nishat Bagh/Garden of Delight

Setting sun

Rice paddies

Shalimar Bagh/Garden

Shalimar Bagh (1619) is the largest garden in the Kashmir Valley and is on three terraces.

Thursday, November 10, 1983
After being rocked to sleep, awoke refreshed.

Vegetable shikara/wooden boat

Jhelum River

Rice paddies

Mud walls

Depart Srinagar 14:50.
Arrive Amritsar 17:30.

Next: Amritsar.