Pune to Gulmarg & Back 7 to 21 Dec 2021

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after a much needed hot cup of tea,
we were on the new highway after Banihal town,

 

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And we were into Kashmir Valley
hundreds of trucks waiting
I guess today was UP Going traffic for trucks,
so all these trucks will head from Srinagar to Jammu tomorrow.
good, it prevents jams that last for hours.

 

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And we reached Srinagar,
our night stay at Dal Lake,
we had planned night halt in a boat house,
but the locals told us not to, as it is very cold and we will be very uncomfortable.
So we decided on this hotel.

 

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While everyone was getting rooms sorted out,
I walked across the road and clicked a bit.
I was disappointed with the sever haze,
which would be there through out our stay.
hope Gulmarg is better.

 

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We had lunch at the hotel
and then it was the boat ride for all

 

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the boat guy brought us here,
to entice us to do some hopping.

 

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Back at the hotel
view from my window.

 

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13 Dec 2021.

Day to head to Gulmarg for a 4 night stay.

While driving we saw 1 deg temp.
every one was scramming,
they had never seen 1 deg.

 

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While driving from Srinagar to Tangmar,
the haze was so bad it was pointless to even click for sake of clicking.

Then the climb started,
the moment everyone saw snow,
all hell broke loose,
we just had to stop.

 

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Gulmarg ahead.