The other side of Gagri Bal is littered with shops of all sorts. Nothing special about these shops really, they have stuff you'll find all over Srinagar, just that if you feel like shopping while on a shikara, well you know where to stop, atleast you shikara man does!
The day we were to leave, we took out a little time for a shikara experience, for which we hadn't had time till then. We decided to spend 45 minutes on it. The shikara guy, instead of taking us out to main Dal Lake part, took us to these shops area, we weren't interested in shopping and asked him to steer away, maybe upset that he won't be getting any commission, he started rowing back to where we had started, when Dad pointed out it had been only 25 minutes, he actually came to a stand still, and didn't move till time was up! Fortunately Dad was in a good mood, and laughed at his cheek, because Dad has real bad temper.
Hmm... This looks like a general store of sorts.
This chap is actually trying to wash something in the water. Dunno what was dirtier by the time he finished, the thing he was washing, or the thing in which he was washing.
Even BPL is making its presence felt!
Some shops are not on land but are houseboats.
The people who live on the other side grow vegetables and flowers and then sell them on the Lake, and also row them across to the main part. Apart from that there are other shikara shops, selling different things.
This guy here is selling jewellery trinkets and curios.
And this one is offering to take our pictures in traditional clothes. You'll find such photographers in all of the famous Mughal Gardens.
The CRPF water wing. Kashmir is crawling with the army, the police and the like. Spotting bunkers, or army cars, or machine guns in NO BIG DEAL.
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