Starting to wind down from another amazing trip!! After saying goodbye to Bhutan, it was a quick trip back to Delhi and then a short flight to Srinagar, for our 4 day visit. Srinagar is a city of 1.8million people in N. India in the Kashmir region, bordering Pakistan and China. It is known as the summer holiday capital due to the popularity of its houseboats on the Dal and Nigeen lakes. Unfortunately, the weather had changed before our arrival, bringing a record amount of rain. Also, the clouds obscured the surrounding snow-covered mountains, everything appearing quite wet and muddy. At home, we had considered going overland on the Srinagar to Leh mountain road, a solid 2-day drive. After watching a couple videos of it, and knowing we might be pushing the early spring, thankfully, we
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