Ok, we ended up in Kashmir after being blagged by an ‘Adam Sandler’ lookalike (so he told us anyway!) the irony of a Muslim guy comparing himself to an American Jewish movie star was not lost on us…. Anyway something we have learnt is that Kashmiris tend to be persuasive, very, very persuasive and before we knew it we we’re embarking on a 27-hour bus ride to Srinigar. The bus was a totally equipped, fully air-conditioned sleeper coach, NOT. That is what we were expecting what we got was a rickety, cramped, hot and dusty death trap. The journey would take 23 hours max, yeah right 25 hours later still 2 hours from our destination… We and the other 5 Westerners were relegated to the back seats, which also happened to be the most uncomfortable! So
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