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The best thing about treks in living amidst nature in the campsites. When the loudest sound you hear is the music from the gushing of the river.
With a lovely forest and a river next to it, the first camping night at Shitkadi near Sonamarg was truly wonderful.
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First day morning on the Kashmir great lakes trek, as we start from the Shitkadi village.
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Thajiwas Glacier right behind us for most part of the day as we trek towards Nichnai
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A bird's eye view of the Sonamarg town after the first hour of the trek
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Shepherd huts on the way. You’ll find a plenty of these throughout the trek
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Kashmiri girl striking a cute pose for us in return for chocolates. Right or wrong, with that purple shawl around in the setting, I could not resist clicking this.
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It isn’t July if the clouds don’t gang up on you
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Water sources are never a problem, as you are close to the streams most of the time
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High alpine meadows Kashmir is known for. This is the stuff we signed up for this trek.
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Throughout the trek, you have the company of the sheeps. And this time they gave me a perfect frame with leading lines and the mountains and the greenery — all in perfect balance
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