Houseboats on Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
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Houseboats on Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
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There are about 1,200 registered houseboats in Srinagar, Kashmir at the southern end of Dal Lake. Serving them (R50, $1.25/crossing) and providing pleasant 1 hour cruises (R300), are about 3,000 shikara (water taxis). The ornate 2-5 bedroom houseboats orginally dated from the British era. Most of those there now are more recent. A wonderful place for a vacation!
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Hm, what is Asia? Who's in on it?
China and India are safe bets for Asian nations. Korea, Japan, Thailand, you're fine.
Europe? No. Europe would sort of be on the "Asian continent" if not for those pesky Ural mountains dividing things up in the middle, and then also the whole lineage of kings and wealth and nations and the EU and all that "give me my respect" stuff.
Russia would probably be happiest as its own continent, so for now we'll leave it in "Eurasia" and just hope the natural gas supplies keep flowing.
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Text by Steve Smith.
