dallake

My friend and host strikes a pose in the Mughal Nishat Garden
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Funneled into a narrow market street with idle Shilaras parked to one side
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This is the last of the shops- the Shikaras turn around here to return to shore
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The videos I took of the cascade refused to load on Facebook
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Sitout behind a houseboat hotel and residences on Dal Lake
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An unusually shaped tree in the Chashme Shahi Mughal Grarden
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My friend and host poses on the path leading to the exit
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Houseboats, and a parking lot for Shikara boats
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A view of the outer fringes of the Dal Lake seen from the Chashme Shahi Mughal Garden
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A final look at the water cascade in the Mughal Nishat Garden
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Shikaras at rest- I was seeing these boats without canopy for the first time
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My friend and host then shows me the right way to pose
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The clusters in the foreground are actually floating islands- veggies are grown on some of them
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Gliding past the rear of one of the houseboats- what tall grass!
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A Little Egret forages for fish on the banks of Dal Lake
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A sign about the ubiquitous Chinar tree, found all over Kashmir
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Too many people resting after climbing the steep steps leading into the Chashme Shahi Mughal Garden
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Looking over one of the dried fountains in Nishat Garden towards Dal Lake
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A look at the lawns and flower beds of the Mughal Nishat Gardens
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It was time to closer look at Srinagar's Dal Lake at last
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A normally stationary houseboat out on a stroll
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I later spotted a group on a Shikara buying something from another convenience store on the Dal Lake
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A cluster (flotilla?) of Shikaras so far from the shore
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A rather large cafeteria across the waters on the Dal Lake
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My host and friend strikes a pose on the shores of Dal Lake
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A sprinkling of tourists and the Himalayas towering over the Chashme Shahi Mughal Garden
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Once again my friend and host shows me an interesting pose
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The Char Chinar (four Chinar trees) landmark on Dal Lake
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A French Fries shop- plop in the middle of Dal Lake
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Another look at the Mughal style wall in the Mughal Nishat Garden
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I see a boat on the river- a Shikara on the Dal Lake actually
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A man repairs his boat by a small convenience store on the Dal Lake
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A group of tourists at the top of the water cascade in the Mughal Nishat Gardens
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The congested part of the lake suddenly opens up to the open waters of Dal Lake
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A stone tablet on the shores of Dal Lake
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A row of house boats at the far end with a Shikara in the foreground
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A congested street corner on the Dal Lake- so to speak
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Shikaras or pointed row boats on Dal Lake
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Looking back towards the entrance/ exit of the Chashme Shahi Mughal Garden from the next level of the garden
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Channel with fountains- sadly dry- in the Mughal Nishat Garden
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