SRINAGAR "DAL LAKE" and "NAGIN LAKE"
Floating on a postcard lake in one of Kashmir's famous houseboats is the way
to see how this place earned the name, "The Venice of the East".
Water - powered peddlers sell everything from saffron to paper mache deer to
the houseboat door. Ride a Shikara - a Kashmiri gondola - to the watery
vegetable markets and see the mountains mirrored in the lakes.
INDIAN TRIBAL TOURS can directly book a fleet of
houseboats on Dal or Nagin Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir's capital. The
houseboats are grand with hand - carved furniture and rich Kashmiri carpets.
A houseboat boy is always on call and three meals are served daily from a
menu of western, Kashmiri or Indian cuisine. Luxury living with the world's
tallest mountains rising up at the back door.
