Wow... it seems that it's really been some while since i last updated.
It's not entirely my fault.... the connection here in india is just too unrealible and scarce... let me see what i've done over the past week....
I was heading to Darjeeling in my last entry.... I took a long (not so long actually... just 9 hours, more about it later) trainride and get to Darjeeling (ignoring the fact that i almost miss the train as it was delayed for 4 hours and landed on a different platform)... Darjeeling is actually a city built on mountain (altitude around 2000m).... most famous for its tea plantation.... it's quite a lovely place (though a bit cold)...... spent some time exploring this city and spent an unexceptionally good morning watching sunrise at Tiger Hill.... when seeing the sun rise from the peak of Mount Everest, i almost cried.... the scene is just magnificent....
After that I went for a really long train ride this time (to Delhi.... some 27 hours of sitting and sleeping....) I can't imagine how i kill the time in that crowded and dirty compartment... it's so gross when you see small crokroaches roaming everywhere on the bed you're going to sleep..... exhaust myself by reading (one good thing about india, books are really cheap here... can find most of the famous writer here with books half the price than in Hong Kong).....
Finally get the Delhi... didnt spend much time there except a brief dinner, then get to the airport for my trip to Srinagar, Kashmir.... officially speaking it's still at war with Pakistan.... once i leave my flight i can feel the cold, one is from its low temperature (0 celecius) and by the number of armed army personel at the airport..... but this fright is brief once i got out of the airport and head to Dal Lake, where i will stay for nearly my whole trip in Kashmir..... rent a houseboat and started touring around the city.... too bad i cant upload pictures here yet, or else you'll be amazed.... the lake is so calm and glancing out there's nothing but gorgeous mountains of the Himalayans.... the effect of high altitude kick in and the second day there was a torture for me... great headache...... nonetheless.... got well again and started trekking in the Himalaya mountains.... during the trip it's snowing and snowing hard.... the hills are all covered in white.... luckily i dont have to walk for my whole trip (as exercising at high altitude is killing..... close to 4000m), ride a pony and enjoyed the great mountain view.... the night spent at a gypsy house. They are really hospitable people.... enjoyed a great time there...... I will stay here for 2 more days before leaving, just hope everything's will be fine and i can get the best of India.
Kashmir is so special, it's so different from the chaotic India.... It's a place that I can spend my whole life staying in~~
Gotta run again, it's now late in the evening and i have to get back to my boat before darkness came....
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