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 book direct 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.
