A walk in Srinagar to Delhi hospital

The pictures below are from the walk I took with Gulzar my second day in Srinagar. The gentleman on the upper right specifically requested for his picture to be taken. Often, there are men riding atop the buses. It is quite peculiar to be walking on the streets with mountain goats being herded along with the mad traffic, though a bit less congested than in New Delhi. I only realized halfway along the stamping process that I was getting a cheapy mendi which left a bit of skin scorched from the ink. It was all quite a mind blowing afternoon, but nothing quite like what was to come the next few days.

September 29th, 2011

I am now actually back in New Delhi, at the East West Medical Center where I'm staying with a fellow travelerr from Israel, Yifat, who unfortunately broke her arm as we were walking in to the house boat in Srinagar.  Gulzar had left a floor board by the side entrance wide open, and Yifat who was walking right in front of me, stepped into the dark hallway and fell 6 feet into the bottom of the boat.    It's all been like a movie from that accident 2 days ago (or maybe even from when I first arrived in India 8 days ago) to this moment in this New Delhi hospital.  I will write up a more detailed account later as I'm too tired but wanted to post some of these things up.  Yifat and I had been researching and coming up with plans to get out of Srinagar that day; we couldn't have ever imagined it would be this way...so, I decided to fly back with Yifat as this is her first time travelling alone and has been quite freaked out with her whole trip. The whole week has certainly been an experiment (or test) on living a yogic life.