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13 August 2013
After breakfast in the hostel, I shared a taxi with some others to Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian Genocide Memorial & Museum) which was located on the fringe of the city centre up a hill. Strangely for such a significant site, it opens only at 1100 but luckily we knew that and didn’t set off too early. We […]
12 August 2013
Leaving Delhi My taxi collected me at 0045. Leaving the Paharganj area at that time was interesting. Being a summer evening, there were people sleeping on tables, stalls, tricycles and beds (on the road). The journey to the airport only took about 30 minutes. Check-in had already opened when I got there 3h prior to […]
11 August 2013
Above: View of Pahar Ganj from the restaurant we ate at. We didn’t do any of the touristy sights of Delhi in our 2-plus days here. For me, I’ve done it all before even though it has been 19 years ago. And the main sight of the Red Fort, I had kinda just done a […]
9 August 2013
It was a very civilised departure time of 1110 for our flight from Leh to Delhi. We arrived at the airport about 2h prior to find the queue quite long. As usual, security was tight (but inconsistently enforced, eg. some people snuck water bottles through while others weren’t allowed). After takeoff, we had a normal […]
8 August 2013
A wet start I woke to the sound of rain in the middle of the night. It felt very cold and I was pleased we had extremely heavy blankets to keep me warm. I went back to sleep and woke before 0700. I took a sip of water from my bottle and it taste very chilled. Stepping […]
7 August 2013
Possible renal failure due to Diamox? Kim was unwell during the night. He had to go pee a lot; the symptoms resembled when he had acute renal failure. This made sense as Diamox works by (according to Wikipedia) altering the normal kidney, which after several intermediate actions causes the blood to take on more oxygen. […]
6 August 2013
The palace and the fort We had a leisurely breakfast at one of the several lovely garden cafes in our corner of town. The plan was go visit Leh Palace (which resembles the Potala in Lhasa) and also the ruins of Tsemo Fort. It would be a hike to the former and another to the […]
5 August 2013
We couldn’t decide on whether to eat breakfast or not; precious minutes could mean missing a minivan to Leh and having to wait hours for the next one to fill. We ate anyway, in the hotel restaurant, before taking the short walk to the taxi stand. As with yesterday, we were the first again. We […]
4 August 2013
Leaving Srinagar Our Srinagar guesthouse host brought us tea in the morning. He wanted us to help locate this guest from Christchurch who had stayed with them several times. A quick look on White Pages did the trick. We were pleased to be able to make the old man happy. We will give the lady […]
3 August 2013
Today is our day around Sringar by tuktuk, starting with the Khanqah Shah-i-Hamadan mosque in the old city, dating from the 1730s. It is a beautiful spired building decorated with papier mache and wood panelling. Text continues after this gallery. Next was the plainer but larger Jama Masjid from 1672 which has four […]