My Itchy Travel Feet

Doodhpathri My routine morning alarm broke morning hush and now I could hear the echoes of golden words,  " गर फिरदौस बर रूये ज़मी अस्त / हमी अस्तो हमी अस्तो हमी अस्त " ( धरती पर अगर कहीं स्वर्ग है , तो यहीं है , यहीं है , यही हैं ). I could sense something (but no idea exactly what). Ajaz with Pari Quickly we got ready and grabbed some food, and I called Ajaz. He was already at the parking. As we stepped out of the Hotel, with a broad smile on his face, Ajaz said, “good morning” (Ajaz, our new driver cum Guide cum navigator cum care taker). You know what, today I am gonna miss yesterday’s roller coaster ride (Ajaz took over from Bilal). We all jumped in to the car and headed up to Doodhpathri. Now you really need to fasten your seat belt and get ready for a bumpy ride. Making our way through tiny towns, dazzling valleys and crossing Hyderpora, Ompura, Badgam, Arigam we finally entered enchanted Doodhpathri Valley…. As we entered...

16th April, 10.30 pm., at Pune Airport After a long wait finally we decided to make our journey to Kashmir. I fixed a date, 17th April; April is the month when Tulips blooms at Srinagar. We took a flight from Pune on 16th April at 1.40 am, summer heat on us and reached Delhi around 3.40 am our connecting flight was at 1.40 am, after 6 long Hrs. wait we boarded our flight to Srinagar at 9.15 am (long connection, long waiting), I was glad to be on the plane finally and landed at Srinagar at 10.30 am. The City was all ready to welcome us with all its surprises. 17th April 11.10 am., out at the Airport Day:1   17th April 2018 As we stepped out of the Airport, it started drizzling (what a surprise, rains in April). Grabbing our bags, my mom and daughter in tow, we were on our vacation, summer vacation. At the airport exit, I saw Bilal (driver), waiting outside with a sign board. He dragged my trolley and led us to car park. And then he dropped us to the Hotel, ...