Friday, October 20, 2006
7 October, 2006
We had a driver today and he drove us around the city of Kashmir. It is quite scary since there are army soldiers everywhere and it feels like you are in the middle of a war zone. I guess you are in a way? We visited the Mughal Gardens which were very pretty and had lunch on the lawns. They took us to see how the authentic Kashmir carpets are made which was very interesting and we were very tempted to buy but we didn’t. We got back to the boathouse and we relaxed on the deck for a few hours. It was really pretty and as the sun set there was a massive wave of chanting and prayer coming from the mosques echoing across the lake. This was the signal for the breaking of the fast for the day. It went on for hours, or what felt like hours. The prayers are very loud, they even use a loudspeaker and if one listens carefully it sounds like a busy market from far away. The nights get quite cold in Kashmir but that doesn’t stop the salesman from rowing to our boathouse to try and squeeze in a sale after dinner!
We had a driver today and he drove us around the city of Kashmir. It is quite scary since there are army soldiers everywhere and it feels like you are in the middle of a war zone. I guess you are in a way? We visited the Mughal Gardens which were very pretty and had lunch on the lawns. They took us to see how the authentic Kashmir carpets are made which was very interesting and we were very tempted to buy but we didn’t. We got back to the boathouse and we relaxed on the deck for a few hours. It was really pretty and as the sun set there was a massive wave of chanting and prayer coming from the mosques echoing across the lake. This was the signal for the breaking of the fast for the day. It went on for hours, or what felt like hours. The prayers are very loud, they even use a loudspeaker and if one listens carefully it sounds like a busy market from far away. The nights get quite cold in Kashmir but that doesn’t stop the salesman from rowing to our boathouse to try and squeeze in a sale after dinner!
# posted by Heidi & Richard's travels @ 7:14 AM 
