So right after our Dubai trip, I asked Anaya where to next and she said she wanted to see snow next. Kashmir had always been on my bucket list and when she said snow, it just clicked. Initially we had planned the trip in December 2023 but due to some reasons we postponed it to second last week of Jan 2024 to coincide with our 11th Anniversary.
We were travelling with my Uni housemate and one of my closest friend Vikas, his wife Ritika and their daughter Nayra. Anaya and Nayra are extremely close friends and Anaya was extremely excited about the prospect of travelling with her.
Like our previous travels, this trip again wasn’t without drama. 2 days before the flight, Vistara preponed our connecting flight from Delhi to Srinagar so we had to fly to Delhi the night before so that we would be able to take the flight to Srinagar. Considering the harsh Delhi winters, we decided to stay at the Holiday Inn transit hotel so that we do not expose Anaya to the bitter cold.
The transit hotel in Delhi operated by Holiday Inn is quite unique. They have a hotline at the arrival lounge and you need to call them and they will send someone to pick you up. We were made to wait for half an hour before someone turned up. Getting to the Hotel was an experience in itself. We had to go through security clearance, get our bags X-Rayed and enter our contact details before we could use the elevator which would take us to our Hotel which is located on Level 5 of the T3 terminal in Delhi. The entire process is extremely long and cumbersome and by the time we reached our room, it was almost 11.30 PM and we just crashed once we reached our room.
My Little Munchkin 