http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Siddles/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Siddles en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:36:20 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:36:20 +0000 I was fortunate enough to visit the homes of several artisans from carpet weavers to shawl makers carvers furniture makers and weavers.The age of the men in these professions range from the late sixties to the eighties....check them out.I hope they don't ever lose this art form.Enjoy. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/blog-203949.html Well it's past midnight and I do have to get my act together for work in the morning so...finally...a nice long HOT shower and I'll be sleeping on a bed.Western style toilet YesI've been invited back next year so if you can handle all of this....come join me in paradise.Trip's not over yet.....stay tunedMiss you guys and most of all my Sydney http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/blog-203435.html Look at these beautiful faces........... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/blog-203427.html Tuesday Sept18Back from Paradise and now hanging out at the Sheraton in Hyderabad. Can't say that I miss the squatties and the lukewarm bucket baths....Here are pics as promised....I'll add more text later. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/blog-203416.html It's Monday the 10th and I'm having a fabulous time here.I finally exchanged money at 40 to the dollar...what's up with thatI'm extending my stay here for a few more days sine they LOVE me...and Tariq is sitting behind me watching me typeNow here's a good looking guy for you single girls out there Wait till u see his photo You'll just die And he's nice to boot He can count money really fast http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/blog-200699.html Hope you're not too bored with all this I have a feeling that trying to load pics right now may NOT be a good idea.Sunday...another outing picnic...this time to Varinag...natural springs...fabulous garden...just a really nice and tranquil place.A little bit of drama that I can't possibly post here I'll detail that elsewhereOther than that had a faboo lunch of rogan gosht and rice of course http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/blog-200693.html So now it's Saturday...BIG outing for the gang...this time to Pahalgam 2 cars picnic lunch...it's great 1. On the way to Pahalgam croccus planting season right now...that's where you get that precious saffron2. Won't bore you with the trip except that when we finally arrived it blew me away. It's like Yosemite Tahoe all rolled into one except at a much grander scale.3. These people are s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/blog-200690.html Day 6 and I'm alive no worries everyoneOK so the internet really sucks here I can't access work or comcast accounts for some reason and connection is super slow.Besides that I am having the time of my life. Unfortunately y'all will have to wait until I get back to Delhi to download the photos onto this blog.Hope you can read thru this 6 day journal I'll try to make it short..and in bullets http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/blog-200688.html OK just to let you know that I finally made it to Delhi...nothing much to report except that it's hideously hot and humid.Flight out of Seoul was delayed plus strong headwinds got me here an hour late so it's 215 am and I'm finally in my hotel.Trying to catch a couple of hours of sleep before heading back to the airport for my flight to Srinagar where my real adventure begins.Not sure if my lu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/New-Delhi/blog-199076.html