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7 days of trekking in the Kashmir Valley

7 days of trekking in the Kashmir Valley

Category Trekker Space

By Seersha Nambiar

2016-10-25

Hooma Roy Choudhury went on the Kashmir Great Lakes with her husband. From being treated for chronic fatigue syndrome, she made a brave choice to do this Moderate to Difficult trek. That too, at a time when the Kashmir valley was grappling with the curfew. Read on to know the effects of this spellbinding trek on her.

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Once outside of the airport, curfew bound Srinagar looked more like a war zone than a city, with police and army at every nook and corner. No data, no connectivity. We were picked up from the airport and taken to a hotel to wait night and later shifted to the trek base camp in the wee hours to avoid any problems. 14th August we started our uphill trek from Sonmarg.

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Seersha Nambiar

About the author

Having studied business management, Seersha worked as a financial analyst for a year. But having been brought up close to nature, she took to the outdoors and turned towards travel writing.

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