Seventh day , 3rd August 2012
Our day started at 4:30 am in the morning, Last night we contacted ghulam chacha who got around 10 shikara under his name, he got ready for my morning requirement which include early morning wholesale market, lotus garden, char chinaar, kabootar khana, vegetable farming in dal lake, Village in dal lake, floating market etc etc
After negotiating with him he got ready for 700/- ( if you go differently for both option you have to give around 500/- for vegetable market in morning & same for rest of the places to see)
We gave him advance Rs.200, because he especially have to send one shikara guy in the morning to make us see the market. We exchange the numbers for communication, & he told me to come to ghat no 10 for shikara (this is important please confirm the ghat to reach Early morning, I got a deal in 650 also but he was asking to come to ghat no 16 in early morning for saving 50 bucks you have to travel so much is not good in my view)
We got a call @ 4:30 from shikara guy that are you coming or not, I said we will reach at 5:30 we got ready and reached around 5:20 where our shikara guy was waiting.
Vegetable market starts around 4:00 in Dal lake but as a tourist I recommend 5 to 7 is best time to go there, more you get late less attraction you will see…
Early morning it was lovely experience, hearing the gentle splosh as my Shikara’s oars went in and out of the water. We saw many shikara guys with variety of vegetable while passing by, After 25 min of memorable wait we saw buyers and sellers in their Shikaras, all was just like an artistic picture
But as you will come close to them they start trading like any other indian market shouting & bargaining the prices, but seeing all this on lake over the water was a memorable thing, Don’t miss it you will not see this thing anywhere else .
Sellers were farmers or traders. And buyers included houseboat owners, shopkeepers in town, other traders and consumers. Mostly men, a handful of women. Trading in vegetables, fruits, flowers and seeds..
Some shikara guys also selling great chocolate pudding at price of 800 per kg.
Seed rates as per the item you choose
Artificial jewellery was also available there … don’t forget to bargain everywhere
Mostly I saw foreign tourist there with big cameras in their hand, Indian tourists were very less
We stayed there for more than 45 minutes. Then we move towards char chinar , on the way we saw lots of Lotus flowers (this is multipurpose flower it is used in decoration + it gives us makhane & lotus stem (sea food for vegetarian)
There were in plenty there during my visit with white/red water lilies
Around 7:00 we reached char chinar, I asked my shikara guy to check if i can get something in floating houseboat type restaurant on char chinar, Meanwhile I clicked pictures there, it was lovely experience standing in garden in centre of lake surrounded by water, till that we got the signal that restaurant is open & you can have breakfast there. We had kahwa there it was lovely drinking it early morning.
Around 8:15 we moved from that place on the way we saw village children with their small shikara going for school, it is tough call, as compared to us who wants bus stop next to our home, I even enquired about how relatives come to their home, he replied that they give a call to the owner he goes with his shikara to bring them to their house. Its looks good in hearing but how much tough in real life
Then we saw Kabootar khana which is under BSF now so you can’t visit it just see it from outside with surrounding covered with lilies,
Then we move forward then we saw vegetable farming in dal lake, actually where water level is less farmers has put an excess sand so that they can grow vegetable next to their home, but he did not allow me to go inside the farms. Then it comes floating garden, there are bunch of trees inside dal lake which are now tied up & they keep on floating inside dal lake, You can see many plants grown inside dal lake where ever you go in dal lake just check them under your shikara.
Then we saw floating market following meena bazar , & back to my ghat where we got the pictures clicked in Kashmiri dress for both of us he has taken 100, pictures were clicked from my camera.
You can get Kashmiri dress in every tourist place, for dress only you have to give Rs.20 rent & you can click pictures from your camera
Around 9:30 we are back, this time our shikara guy was asking for tip I give Rs.50 to him because he did not owned that shikara otherwise I would have avoided it ..
Then we had breakfast & as we were sure will not wake up before 1:00 pm
At 3:00 pm we were again ready to explore little Srinagar. We hired one auto – requirement 1.shankaracharya 2.Nagin valley 3.SPS museum 3. Lal chowk market + Gurdwara
He agreed for Rs.300….
Firstly we have gone to shankaracharya temple but because of 33 degree temperature it was tough call to climb up 243 stairs. It took 1 hour there 10 min temple rest in walking….. View was very good but you cannot click pictures there.You have to leave camera phone with your taxi/auto guy.
While going down auto guy don’t even switch on their auto, gravity works for them alot, so they save alot that way.
Then we move to SPS museum, lal mandi, around 4:30 but of our hard luck museum timings were 10- 4:00 only, so we didn’t see anything there, Then we have gone to lal chowk Gurdwara which is in main market only , checked few shops there also, with all brands you can expect (but I don’t see any KFC –Mcdonald-Pizzat hut) where ever I have gone all banks branches are there,then my auto guy kept on insisting to go to market with him , he took us to one underground market (which is expensive we stayed there for 10 minutes , so don’t want to dishearten my autodriver) then he said he will take us to another meena bazaar on gulmarg road, the actual road was closed , I told him that we really don’t want to go to any market but he said please go there once you will get good deal there. The shop was big and nice but no bargaining option but price was good as compare to other shops we have seen in between with lots of variety to offer, we bought few things from there. Then we moved on & after few minutes I saw dal lake , I was surprised to see because nagin lake was opposite to hazarat bal dargah & we are on dal lake, I stopped my driver asking why he hve not taken us to nagin lake, he said we refused him, I said when? ( and he said the time I said no to meena market was actually I am saying no to nagin lake) , So I came across a bad driver for the first time in my trip. I asked him stop my auto next to police man & I started talking with him in loud voice , he must understand that he cannot make fool of us & finally he has taken 100 for the whole trip.( I am sure he will get cut from purchasing we have done so he wasn’t interested in us anymore)
Then I hired another auto for 200, Shalimar garden ( I want to check in night f I can see anything different ) + nagin lake + Krishna dhaba for dinner,
But I did not find anything special at Shalimar garden in night, nothing has lighten up. Even little showers have started at that time, so we started moving for nagin lake, so that i can personally see what a view is at nagin lake, you can opt to see nagin lake while going to sight seeing Srinagar it is opposite to hazratbal …
But Ididl not see anything there, only houseboats are there with shikara nothing else, I even asked anything special here they said nothing this is part of dal lake only with two names ( you can even come from dal to nagin lake through shikara)
The difference here is that you can go to houseboat without using shikara… but no market is there, so if you just want to relax in houseboat nothing else go for nagin lake, I only saw few foreign tourists there.
The starting price we found here was Rs.1800 with food, but I didn’t bargain so try your luck…
We stayed there for less than 30 minutes there, then we moved to Krishna dhaba, which was closed that day, so we are back to Lahsa for dinner.
Last day 4th august
Since last night till next day it was raining heavenly in Srinagar, we thank god that we have already done Dal lake market otherwise we would have missed it.
We could not go anywhere this morning because you can do nothing if it is raining, but temperature changed drastically today, we took little walk under umbrella around dal lake for our final good bye.
I called again Khurshid for my airport drop, because local taxi was asking for 700 and I gave Khurshid 500. Don’t go for auto it cannot enter airport premises.
I even told him to show me SPS museum today, it was a nice museum with history sculpture inside it, my driver told me that there are moving sculpture inside but it was not moving that day, camera is allowed inside but you can click pictures
Security Check At Airport,
Before entering airport premises there is full security check for you + your luggage & even taxi taking you, then again entering the airport, then at check counter, No hand baggage is allowed to be taken inside aircraft only camera, laptop & ladies purse are allowed , they allowed my bakery products as requested, then after check in baggage you have to go again inside to verify the luggage you submitted earlier, then we went for camera checking with my wife with her purse, they check each & every corner, they even checked few of my pictures in camera, They even make me taste by bakery products which I am carrying. But all things look nice because they are doing it for us only.
Our flight started roughly around 4:00 & we reach back safely around 5 back to Delhi.
hotel Marjan 6 nights X 800 = 4800
Hotel highland 1 X 1000 = 1000
JKSRTC first day bus = 620
Auto Charges approx = 650 + 100 + 200 + 200 here & there
Shiakar all together = 850 (700 + 150)
yusmarg sumo shared = 720 ( 1800 all together)
Sonmarg = 800 (2000 all together)
Pahalgam = 3800 ( including night halt + verinag + kokernag + abchal )
Pahalgam Maruti van = 1000 (aru Vallye + betab valley)
Pony in khilanmarg = 500
pony in yusmarg = 240
pony in baisaran = 500
Food charges average per day Tea - lunch -dinner = 700 X 8 = 5600 (1 non veg + 1 veg member)
Entry charges eevrywhere 10/- per head
i know many things i skip but i already mention in my trip report please cheack it , approx 25000 i have spend there, rest is all depend on shopping
But i always say go there Tansport / hotel charges may vary accoring to tourist, this is just an idea,
Marjan Guest House , Mr Ali 09796181918
Shikara Guy : Ghulam Chacha : 9906634762
Sumo Driver : Khurshid 09796961245
hotel high land pahalgam -- Tele: 019 - 36243492 Cell:: 9419487930 , 9797050354
Trip Reports End
Our day started at 4:30 am in the morning, Last night we contacted ghulam chacha who got around 10 shikara under his name, he got ready for my morning requirement which include early morning wholesale market, lotus garden, char chinaar, kabootar khana, vegetable farming in dal lake, Village in dal lake, floating market etc etc
After negotiating with him he got ready for 700/- ( if you go differently for both option you have to give around 500/- for vegetable market in morning & same for rest of the places to see)
We gave him advance Rs.200, because he especially have to send one shikara guy in the morning to make us see the market. We exchange the numbers for communication, & he told me to come to ghat no 10 for shikara (this is important please confirm the ghat to reach Early morning, I got a deal in 650 also but he was asking to come to ghat no 16 in early morning for saving 50 bucks you have to travel so much is not good in my view)
We got a call @ 4:30 from shikara guy that are you coming or not, I said we will reach at 5:30 we got ready and reached around 5:20 where our shikara guy was waiting.
Vegetable market starts around 4:00 in Dal lake but as a tourist I recommend 5 to 7 is best time to go there, more you get late less attraction you will see…
Early morning it was lovely experience, hearing the gentle splosh as my Shikara’s oars went in and out of the water. We saw many shikara guys with variety of vegetable while passing by, After 25 min of memorable wait we saw buyers and sellers in their Shikaras, all was just like an artistic picture
But as you will come close to them they start trading like any other indian market shouting & bargaining the prices, but seeing all this on lake over the water was a memorable thing, Don’t miss it you will not see this thing anywhere else .
Sellers were farmers or traders. And buyers included houseboat owners, shopkeepers in town, other traders and consumers. Mostly men, a handful of women. Trading in vegetables, fruits, flowers and seeds..
Some shikara guys also selling great chocolate pudding at price of 800 per kg.
Seed rates as per the item you choose
Artificial jewellery was also available there … don’t forget to bargain everywhere
Mostly I saw foreign tourist there with big cameras in their hand, Indian tourists were very less
We stayed there for more than 45 minutes. Then we move towards char chinar , on the way we saw lots of Lotus flowers (this is multipurpose flower it is used in decoration + it gives us makhane & lotus stem (sea food for vegetarian)
There were in plenty there during my visit with white/red water lilies
Around 7:00 we reached char chinar, I asked my shikara guy to check if i can get something in floating houseboat type restaurant on char chinar, Meanwhile I clicked pictures there, it was lovely experience standing in garden in centre of lake surrounded by water, till that we got the signal that restaurant is open & you can have breakfast there. We had kahwa there it was lovely drinking it early morning.
Around 8:15 we moved from that place on the way we saw village children with their small shikara going for school, it is tough call, as compared to us who wants bus stop next to our home, I even enquired about how relatives come to their home, he replied that they give a call to the owner he goes with his shikara to bring them to their house. Its looks good in hearing but how much tough in real life
Then we saw Kabootar khana which is under BSF now so you can’t visit it just see it from outside with surrounding covered with lilies,
Then we move forward then we saw vegetable farming in dal lake, actually where water level is less farmers has put an excess sand so that they can grow vegetable next to their home, but he did not allow me to go inside the farms. Then it comes floating garden, there are bunch of trees inside dal lake which are now tied up & they keep on floating inside dal lake, You can see many plants grown inside dal lake where ever you go in dal lake just check them under your shikara.
Then we saw floating market following meena bazar , & back to my ghat where we got the pictures clicked in Kashmiri dress for both of us he has taken 100, pictures were clicked from my camera.
You can get Kashmiri dress in every tourist place, for dress only you have to give Rs.20 rent & you can click pictures from your camera
Around 9:30 we are back, this time our shikara guy was asking for tip I give Rs.50 to him because he did not owned that shikara otherwise I would have avoided it ..
Then we had breakfast & as we were sure will not wake up before 1:00 pm
At 3:00 pm we were again ready to explore little Srinagar. We hired one auto – requirement 1.shankaracharya 2.Nagin valley 3.SPS museum 3. Lal chowk market + Gurdwara
He agreed for Rs.300….
Firstly we have gone to shankaracharya temple but because of 33 degree temperature it was tough call to climb up 243 stairs. It took 1 hour there 10 min temple rest in walking….. View was very good but you cannot click pictures there.You have to leave camera phone with your taxi/auto guy.
While going down auto guy don’t even switch on their auto, gravity works for them alot, so they save alot that way.
Then we move to SPS museum, lal mandi, around 4:30 but of our hard luck museum timings were 10- 4:00 only, so we didn’t see anything there, Then we have gone to lal chowk Gurdwara which is in main market only , checked few shops there also, with all brands you can expect (but I don’t see any KFC –Mcdonald-Pizzat hut) where ever I have gone all banks branches are there,then my auto guy kept on insisting to go to market with him , he took us to one underground market (which is expensive we stayed there for 10 minutes , so don’t want to dishearten my autodriver) then he said he will take us to another meena bazaar on gulmarg road, the actual road was closed , I told him that we really don’t want to go to any market but he said please go there once you will get good deal there. The shop was big and nice but no bargaining option but price was good as compare to other shops we have seen in between with lots of variety to offer, we bought few things from there. Then we moved on & after few minutes I saw dal lake , I was surprised to see because nagin lake was opposite to hazarat bal dargah & we are on dal lake, I stopped my driver asking why he hve not taken us to nagin lake, he said we refused him, I said when? ( and he said the time I said no to meena market was actually I am saying no to nagin lake) , So I came across a bad driver for the first time in my trip. I asked him stop my auto next to police man & I started talking with him in loud voice , he must understand that he cannot make fool of us & finally he has taken 100 for the whole trip.( I am sure he will get cut from purchasing we have done so he wasn’t interested in us anymore)
Then I hired another auto for 200, Shalimar garden ( I want to check in night f I can see anything different ) + nagin lake + Krishna dhaba for dinner,
But I did not find anything special at Shalimar garden in night, nothing has lighten up. Even little showers have started at that time, so we started moving for nagin lake, so that i can personally see what a view is at nagin lake, you can opt to see nagin lake while going to sight seeing Srinagar it is opposite to hazratbal …
But Ididl not see anything there, only houseboats are there with shikara nothing else, I even asked anything special here they said nothing this is part of dal lake only with two names ( you can even come from dal to nagin lake through shikara)
The difference here is that you can go to houseboat without using shikara… but no market is there, so if you just want to relax in houseboat nothing else go for nagin lake, I only saw few foreign tourists there.
The starting price we found here was Rs.1800 with food, but I didn’t bargain so try your luck…
We stayed there for less than 30 minutes there, then we moved to Krishna dhaba, which was closed that day, so we are back to Lahsa for dinner.
Last day 4th august
Since last night till next day it was raining heavenly in Srinagar, we thank god that we have already done Dal lake market otherwise we would have missed it.
We could not go anywhere this morning because you can do nothing if it is raining, but temperature changed drastically today, we took little walk under umbrella around dal lake for our final good bye.
I called again Khurshid for my airport drop, because local taxi was asking for 700 and I gave Khurshid 500. Don’t go for auto it cannot enter airport premises.
I even told him to show me SPS museum today, it was a nice museum with history sculpture inside it, my driver told me that there are moving sculpture inside but it was not moving that day, camera is allowed inside but you can click pictures
Security Check At Airport,
Before entering airport premises there is full security check for you + your luggage & even taxi taking you, then again entering the airport, then at check counter, No hand baggage is allowed to be taken inside aircraft only camera, laptop & ladies purse are allowed , they allowed my bakery products as requested, then after check in baggage you have to go again inside to verify the luggage you submitted earlier, then we went for camera checking with my wife with her purse, they check each & every corner, they even checked few of my pictures in camera, They even make me taste by bakery products which I am carrying. But all things look nice because they are doing it for us only.
Our flight started roughly around 4:00 & we reach back safely around 5 back to Delhi.
hotel Marjan 6 nights X 800 = 4800
Hotel highland 1 X 1000 = 1000
JKSRTC first day bus = 620
Auto Charges approx = 650 + 100 + 200 + 200 here & there
Shiakar all together = 850 (700 + 150)
yusmarg sumo shared = 720 ( 1800 all together)
Sonmarg = 800 (2000 all together)
Pahalgam = 3800 ( including night halt + verinag + kokernag + abchal )
Pahalgam Maruti van = 1000 (aru Vallye + betab valley)
Pony in khilanmarg = 500
pony in yusmarg = 240
pony in baisaran = 500
Food charges average per day Tea - lunch -dinner = 700 X 8 = 5600 (1 non veg + 1 veg member)
Entry charges eevrywhere 10/- per head
i know many things i skip but i already mention in my trip report please cheack it , approx 25000 i have spend there, rest is all depend on shopping
But i always say go there Tansport / hotel charges may vary accoring to tourist, this is just an idea,
Marjan Guest House , Mr Ali 09796181918
Shikara Guy : Ghulam Chacha : 9906634762
Sumo Driver : Khurshid 09796961245
hotel high land pahalgam -- Tele: 019 - 36243492 Cell:: 9419487930 , 9797050354
Trip Reports End
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