Mangy, half-starved dogs litter the streets like cats in Athens!
They all have the same long narrow nose/face and upturned tail, same thick but ragged fur but in a variety of colours...
Some of the mangier ones look like shorn sheep :)
Flights on Jet Air
Feb 18, 2012
Flew from JHB to Mumbai on Jet Air, which is very comfortable.
The in-flight food was very yummy - curry + naan.
The hostesses are very solicitous - bringing water round very frequently, unlike the night flights on Lufthansa and SAA.
Individual tv screens with more movies than you could possibly watch, and a very decent selection too!
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#1: He who hoots has right of way.
#2: Lane markings are really more of a guideline.
#3: So is which side to drive on.
#4: It is perfectly acceptable to hoot at the military to get out your way, even if they are carrying fully automatic weapons
#5: Military trucks, however, always have right of way.
#6: Overtaking on blind corners is just fine
#7: If you see a gap, you are legally obliged to take it.
#8: At intersections, just kind of go and hope for the best
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Cashmere poncho-coat
Feb 27, 2012
James has got himself a tailor-made full length "coat"-type thing of local design (called a faran), in pure cashmere wool, for R600! Nice
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The town of Srinagar is kind of like a cross between Khayalitsha + Belville.
It seems very commercial - small shops are literally everywhere, with almost every available door and wall painted with cellphone advertising. There is no separation of residential and business "zones" - the bottom floors are all micro-shops, and people live above their shops.
All the shop fronts close with corrugated iron sheets - I have to wonder if Vodafone or Aircel provide them for free, the way Coca Cola provides signage at home?
Lots of bare brick - no plaster. Lots of mud. And all the buildings look like they are falling apart, crumbling. It all looks half-finished - like it's still being built, or maybe being torn down. Most of the roofs are half finished, many of the windows are just wooden frames, no glass, and buildings are patched with literally anything that is at hand - rusty bits of tin, plastic sheeting, mud...
Banks in shacks with just a ratty curtain for a door.
There seems to be a lot of "squatters" with fires just sommer on the pavement...
Kinda rural - cows (mangy ones!) in the street, sheep, chickens... Earlier, a flock of geese sleeping in the middle of the road caused a big traffic jam!
Haven't seen any McDonald's or KFC or burger king - just 1 lonely pizza hut - and it was literally, a hut...
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There is a very heavy military presence here. And a highly visible police presence - but the cops are walking around with riot shields made of bamboo sticks!
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The road signs here are fabulous:
"Car washing on roads is cancerous to road surface"
"Roads are nerves of city. Keep them clean"
"Do not spit on roads"
"Safety Saves. Accidents give tears not smile" (Tangmarg taxi station)
"Kindly be calm on my curves" (Gulmarg Road)
"Drop cliffs, not bombs" (Gulmarg. WTF does that mean??)
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