Yes! I remember how disappointed I was when I arrived in Paharganj in Delhi, so touristy, quite some shock after 3 months of wild, wild Pakistan. But then that special person appeared and took me to his home and from there I went to Kashmir to his family´s houseboat from where you could hear the sound of gunfire and explosions at night and from there on an adventurous trek, including an encounter with Kashmiri mujaheddin, who gave us a mock demonstration of how to throw handgrenades and ambush an Indian army patrol, to Ladakh. There the truck I was riding on fell into the Indus river and I had to swim for my life.
Nothing of this was planned. The plan was to follow my professor´s advice and go to Mussoorie to keep studying Hindi. Well, I chose the road less travelled by and this made all the difference. 😇
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nice! yes totally agree! mad amazing journeys are had with spontaneity
Kashmir, definitely not #1 on the list for fun tourist adventures...