Goodbye Kashmir

Sambung citer Kashmir Trip yg dah sebulan lepas. Nice!

Friday, 24 June 2011
The 4th day of the trips, the 3rd days in Kashmir.And we were heading back to Delhi.

We had our breakfast at the houseboat. We were having so-called capati + dal + the super delicious potato + boiled egg. Kat sini hari2 wajib ada boiled egg. Kira kalau tak kareb 4 hari mmg bau boleh tahan la kot. Ehh telur dia pun lain dari kat Malaysia. Warna putih mcm kat oversea gitu kan. The taste was slightly different but still it was a chicken egg.

Sharp at 8.30 am IST, checked out from the houseboat. It was still early in the morning and our flight not until noon, if not mistaken. Dah sebulan kan.. tak hengat pulak. :p Maka kamipun ke Jamia Mosque. Supposedly pergi the day before. Tapi entah sape yg terlebih bijak dalam group tu buat decision on behalf of us ckp tak payah la pergi. And i was like.. WTH??? Ko datang jauh2 susah payah mcm ni tinggal kampung halaman, ko nak lepaskan menikmati tinggalan mcm ni kan. Serious mmg tak masuk akal. Because everybody mmg penat shito punya la after horse riding and all that. But for me, kalau n ak bermalas2an di bilik saje, might as well ko pergi honeymoon saje. Okeh bebeh? Kesimpulan, kalau tak tabah hati, minda dan fizikal, toksahla ikut group tour begini.

this is the back road heading to the houseboat

So kami tiba di Jamia Mosque tu la. This mosque aged about 700 years and still in good conditions. Ok jap, memandangkan i couldn't write down the details aku tempek gamba saje la. Somemore there were no professional tour guide in Kashmir. Kat Delhi ada, and kat agra pun ada. So dlm bas masa kat Kashmir tu dia mcm ckp dgn 2,3 org di barisan hadapan saje.

Once entered the mosque, mmg wajib la pakai tudung. Untuk org yg degil mcm tuan tanah ni, dia ada sediakan kain tudung mcm kat masjid putrajaya tu la. Ok bila dah masuk, terus jumpa main hall which is the prayer hall yg sangat besarrrrrrrr punye. This prayer hall macam terbahagi dua, so di tengah2 tu ada ruang untuk jalan dan terus untuk keluar to the other side of the mosque.

the prayer hall

So when we kept walking further in the prayer room, it lead us to this so called garden. It was not really a garden but i can say that as i wish. haha! So kat hujung tu mcm another part of the mosque building yg i assumed identical with the above one.

The same thing goes to the one on my left and right side.

left

right side

Further up closer, there were a pond right in the middle of the building.

the pond

Here is the details i managed to capture for the records.

Jamia Masjid Srinagar

10.00 am IST, we headed strainght to the airport.

Overall experience in Srinagar Airport was a nightmare.
1. There was a multiple luggage checkpoint and body scan. Once before reaching the airport. In the airport itself toksah citer la. Mau 5,6,7 kali body scan ko tahu?? Even after boarding pun ada bosy scan juge? Hadoiii.. Kan ke patut kalao da boarding tu means semua pun dah clear la kan.

2. Separated luggage/hand carry and body scan. Supposedly sebelah2 la kan so that kita dptla tgk handbag kite tu kot2 ada yg sambar ke kan. Ni tak, luggage and handcarry (handbeg, lappy, etc) duk lane1 and the owner kat lane 6 begitu. jauh la kan?? Dah la body scan nak masuk dalam bilik bgai. Oiii kalau hilang barang2 mcmane? Luggage tu mmg takdelah kritikal sgt kan. Tapi hbeg? Ape cer? Tensen siot.

3. Tak habis2 tips2. Smpai aku mmg fedup gile. Duit mmg banyakkkkkkkkkk jugak abes untuk tips. Kat airport lagi menggila.

Baru je turun bas, kita nak pergi cari troli, tibe2 je troli dah smpai sebelah. Terus mintak tips. Gila apekah??? Then lepas tu terus dia nak angkat kan beg2 tu semua then i said "do not touch any of my bag!!!" Wargghhh garang tak??

Kat airport kan byk la prosedure bgai kan. Kat kaunter tu nnt bila dah submit passport, tix, visa etc haruslah org imegresen dia nak cop, kan?? Lepas cop terus mintak tips. Pelik betul lah aku rasa. Pdahal ko buat kerja ko tu, bukannya tugas sukarela pun. Haishhh! Menci tul aku.

4. errr jap, aku pk ayat yg sopan sket. rakyat kaki kenchengggg!
Sbbnya.. kami check in awal since nothing else to do and somemore kat dalam lebih aman tenteram compared dgn suasana di loby. So beratur la kami kat pintu tu sorg demi sorg check in. Tibe-tibe meluru kelly2 satu group nak potong line. Mule2 aku cm blur2 tak tau apa yg berlaku. Then dia kata flight dia dah lmbat. WTH? Mule2 guard tu tak kasi masuk. Lepas dah pumpangpumpang semua kelly tu masuk dulu. smpai kitrg dah nak boarding, kelly2 td masih duk lepak lagi. See menipu kan?

Another case masa nak bording pulak. Kelly yg sama. Line dah pnjang ni. Punnnnn nak potong line jugak. Muda lagi pastu kasi alasan sakit pinggang and all. Dan kali ini aku berjaya menyahkan dia dari situ. Mmg kaki kencheng kan. Dah la kencing mmg merata. Ishhhhhhhhhh!

Ape pun, layan kan je pemandangan sepanjang perjalanan ke Srinagar Airport untuk balik ke Delhi semula.

tut tut.

roadblock adelah perkara biasa dan banyakkkkkkkk gile

ewahhh sempat ko ye encik polis

sungai

finally smpai di srinagar airport setelah melalui kesesakan dan kepayahan

At 2.30 pm IST, take off from Srinagar dengan perasaan lega. Mcm dasat sgt je kan experince. Hehe. Reached Delhi 1 hour and 10 mins later. So it was about 4 pm by the time we settled everything at the aiport and masih belum lunch! Kelaparan semua org.

Quick lunch for the day. Subway. Tu pun makan dalam tour bus sbb nak pergi Agra pulak. It tooks about 5 hours to reach Agra. Fuuuhhh! Kebas montot dlm bas, tahu takkk??  And finally we reached agra later that night around 11pm IST and had our superb dinner at the hotel. Ko byg mcmane melantak tgh2 mlm bute? Huhu~