Srinagar Day 2

Srinagar Day 2,

The plane for the second day was quite simple 1^st the “Gulmarg Gondola” then the “Hazratbal Shrine”. We started around 8:30 am as we had booked online the tickets of cable car ride in the time slot of 11 am, you can also check the availability  and the rates on the its official websites Gulmarg Gondola tickets .

There are actually 2 faces of this cable car ride, the 1^st face is at a height of around 9000 ft. and 2^nd face is at 14000 ft. As we were in the summer season, so we were least expecting the show over there but still there was a hope of snow at the second face but to be on safer side we booked the tickets till the 1^st face only so that if we find any hope of snow at 2^nd face we will book over there itself.

After standing for 15 min in the line we got our ride, its six setter car in which people are face opposite to each outer, 3 one side and 3 on the other side, because of that we face some trouble as we were 4 and one have seat apart but it was ok, The ride gives you the thrill of traveling between the trees or you can say flying between the trees, one small advice try to seat on the front seats of the ride for better fun and view,

After we reach the top of the 1^st face, the very 1^st reaction was OMG! the place was really awesome, I and my brother try seek the 2^nd face but it was so foggy that we were hardly able to see the cars after certain distance, what a beautiful view it was just breath taking in both the way, taking way our breath with it’s awesomeness and also due to high altitude, because of that my parents sate down near the cable car station and we were running as far as possible,

I will personally advise to have checkup before you move to such high place, always carry your medicines. Diamox and multi-vitamin tablets are some of the important things you need to carry along with you for high altitude. Read this PDF to know more on High altitude sickness

I and my brother we were gone crazy, one can say that as we were running, dancing, taking photos and lot more and in the mid of that the god show his mercy to us and the fog moved from the 2^nd face and we are finally looking at second face top and with that our hearts were semi broken, half part broken as there was no show and half part saved as we saved our bucks. After 10 min my mom started feeling uneasy and was going hard on her breath so we decided to move down, somehow we spend around 1 hr. over there from the allotted 2 hrs.

After reaching down we started for Hazratbal Shrine one of the famous, wonderful and spiritual darga but before we reach the Hazratbal Shrine, Srinagar show us it’s another wonder, all the way long we found many apple frames and walnut frames we stop at one farm but we were getting late so we didn’t enter the farm we just step out, took some pictures and moved, There was one special request from this farmers, “kindly do not pick the fruits from trees”.

Finlay we reach the last visiting spot of our trip, yet there are many places one can visit in Srinagar but we have coved almost all he main attraction and we have to move for Leh as it was waiting for us. 

There are many amazing things at Hazratbal Shrine 1^st of all the Darga, 2^nd it is in front of Dal Jheel and 3^rd I will tell you in a while, after we finish our prays and emerging our heats in faith and devotion we sat down and started wondering at Dal and the very next moment my mom ask me to go for the motor boat ride in the dal i was ok , if not the shikara rides at least motor boat ride, He charge us  50 bucks and took us to an island kind of place in the mid of dal

It’s again a Mughaliya structure made for some that I don’t know who,  but it was good and that was the final extension of the Srinagar trip, now the 3^rd and final amazing thing of Hazratbal Shrine, it was this

I have never seen such big bhatura and this is the only bhatura which was sold on kg bases and it was magnificent and we returned to hole to get ready for Leh, the real thrill was Leh was 415 km far its 2 day journey and we were ready to rock it , Leh here we come :D