My last weekend in Kashmir, we drove 2.5 hours from the city of Srinagar to the mountains. We stayed in a lovely hotel, rode horses, and went to a mini amusement park in the town of Pahalgam. This would be the third time I've galloped on horse abroad with no helmet and no idea what I was doing. Pahalgam had cool and fresh air, how all the Kashmiris said Srinagar used to be before climate change. It was amazing to me that all the women in Kashmir, whether in the villages or the cities wore traditional style clothes. (Men wear pants and t-shirts all over the world
—actually jeans are considered really fancy in India.) Only the well-off, young people might wear Western style clothes when they go to the mall or a restaurant, but not even on the street.
My last weekend in Kashmir, we drove 2.5 hours from the city of Srinagar to the mountains. We stayed in a lovely hotel, rode horses, and went to a mini amusement park in the town of Pahalgam. This would be the third time I've galloped on horse abroad with no helmet and no idea what I was doing. Pahalgam had cool and fresh air, how all the Kashmiris said Srinagar used to be before climate change. It was amazing to me that all the women in Kashmir, whether in the villages or the cities wore traditional style clothes. (Men wear pants and t-shirts all over the world—actually jeans are considered really fancy in India.) Only the well-off, young people might wear Western style clothes when they go to the mall or a restaurant, but not even on the street.
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