How Much I Spent - Kashmir....

Here i nak cerita some tips/info maybe to some of you yang banyak and excited to know about my journey to Kashmir macam
1. W a h i d a (katanya dah start mengumpul dana..hee).
2. M u l a n (diving heaven tadak kat sini ye Mulan).    
3. K a k C i k E l l a. (kalau sudi berkawan dengan i, kita PASTI pegi APRIL 2013)
4. D a d d y   Z i y y a d ( plan nak ke sana taun depan kan??)
5. K a k K a s i h r e d h a (orang yang rajin travel dan i dah racun gila - gila dah ni..)
6. R a y y a n (back packer punya akak tak dapat info lagi ye dear)
7. L e e z ( yang kaki jalan dan nak jalan ke Kashmir sama i, ye kannn???)
Sebenarnya ramai lagi.. hee. tapi ini je yang den termampu nak masukkan kat sini.

In fact until now i still  cant believe that i made the trip. Kalau dulu - dulu tu cuma angan - angan. ( I have 4 dream destinations  1. Danau Toba (done), 2. Kashmir (done), 3. Venice (bila yeeee???) and  4. Switzerland (also not sure boleh pegi ke tidak). Kashmir just a dream coz of many reason lah. like the political situation lah. dengar bomb sana bomb sini, then fikir, kat India pulak tu, budget lagi..So, angan - angan just angan - angan (dream).

But a year ago, when someone added me in Travbuddy, then in Facebook, MR FAHAD ALI, suddenly my dream to be in Kashmir membuak - buak.. Tambahan pulak dengan my health condition and i got advised from one doctor yang suruh i travel, katanya  travel lah ke tempat yang jadi idaman u.. Semakin lah i jadi macam orang angau. Every day MFA akan post many pictures about Kashmir. Some more he is a travel agent and has company,  R o u t e m a s t e r s . I pulak memang 24 jam mengadap PC and found out about Kashmir. And on April 4, 2012 berangkat lah AZIAN ELIAS ke INDIA.

So, with this long introduction i nak cerita how i managed to go there ALL ALONE. Ok.. Memula i decided to go in May, SUMMER in Kashmir. Lagi satu because AIR ASIA ada offer that time. I just bought around RM479 return KL - DELHI - KL. Memang murah.. Tapiiii. AIRASIA buat hal suka hati dia. SUSPENDED flight for DELHI, MUMBAI, PARIS, and LONDON.. Sakit hati kann.. I sendiri dah menangis pilu.. Maybe ALLAH tak izinkan ke...But then Mr Fahad asked me to look at  I N D I G O  (India Low Cost Flight macam AIR ASIA).

Cost for flight.

YES.. i did it. I took that flight. ALHAMDULLILAH dapat promo price lagi. I spent about SGD 389. So damn cheap. Around RM890..cam tu lah.. Return tau SGD - DELHI - SGD. Pegi April 4, 2012, balik on April 12, 2012. And to go to Singapore of coz i kena amik AIRASIA. Ada promo gak masa tu RM14 pegi dan RM14 balik. Gitu gini, i spent about RM248, return KL - SGD - KL, pegi April 4 balik April 12. 

Meanwhile, Mr Fahad arranged my flight using INDIGO also return DEL - SXR - DELHI (April 5 - April11), 6 days in Kashmir. Pun i dapat promo price. Around INR 5178 macam tu lah.. Kurang lebih dalam RM323.65...Really cheap katanya.

But, we just a planner and ALLAH knows the best. I cancelled my flight back to Singapore using INDIGO. Why??? as i told u before, just me and ALLAH knows. Ok.. So cancelled INDIGO means i have to cancel AIRASIA too. I booked direct flight using MAS, DELHI - KL. It cost me INR 16,300 RM1018.75..Tapi this is under Mr Fahad rate. Actually more. Maybe RM1078.00 plus kot. Thanks to Mr Fahad. 

So, summary nya.. kalau smooth je i just spent RM1461.65 plus minus RM1500 lah on flight ticket. Tapi bila tolak campur  some of it, i spent about RM1965.95...Cam tu lah. coz of cancelled flight. Ok.. Now dah tak ada AIRASIA.. so u all kena tengok MAS.. I think this is the best lah.. Besar dan selesa. Cuma bit costly. BUT direct lah.Lagi bagus..As Kakcik Ella cakap, rasa macam kapal terbang bapak sendiri punya.. heeee..

Cost of accommodation
Coz i was all alone, Mr Fahad put me in the hotel. Safety. and one more i tak rasa too lonely. Sebenarnya better kat houseboat, Best sangat, Cuma kalau sorang sure BORING. At first just 4 nites at Comrade Inn and 2 nites in the houseboat. But then i cancelled the last nite in houseboat and back to the hotel. Comrade Inn is 4 or 5 stars hotel kat Srinagar. Cost per nite is around INR6000, (RM375) (ini package include breakfast and  dinner) for single occupancy. Rate tengok s i n i. I dapat murah sikit lah dengan Mr Fahad.. Heee. fren fren uuu,,,

House boat pulak dalam INR3200 per nite, RM200. plus minus. Ada electric blanket and hot shower. Plus shikara ride dalam INR350 (RM25), ini for crusing lah cam tu dan cost pegi balik lahh..

Cost of transportation

Ok..roughly masa i kat sana, i noticed most of tourists used something like jeep tau.. All the luggage yang letak kat atas tu.. Seems that jeep will make u feel sakit badan lah if the journey will take u about 3 or 4 hours. 

Macam ni lah rupanya..

So, Mr Fahad told me that he already made a booking on  INNOVA. Memang selesa lah this 6 seat MPV for one of me..heeee...So for transportation from the first day sampai the sixth  day cost  me about INR 15,000 (RM937.50) means INR 3000 (RM180) per day plus minus.Dari pagi sampai malam. Mahal sikit lah kan..Lagipun i sorang.. Tapi memang i tak sakit badan langsung even for long and hard journey.

Cost of shoppinggg
Ini sendiri pandai - pandai lah kannn.. But i just spent about RM3000 je.. Sebab sorang je. Excess baggage. Tu yang menghalang. Kalau takkk..mau semua i hangkut. Heee...Nak belanja, Rupee tu u divide dengan 16.

Shopping dalam kedai di Dal Lake.

Ini semua yang i belanja kat floating market di Dal Lake. Senang. Dalam tu macam - macam ada..

Roughly kat sini you all tengok macam mahal sikit lah kan my cost. Tapi one thing i happy coz i was ALL ALONE and i was under a good care of a good tour guide. If not,  sure i dah pakai khamez salwar dengan dupata. Jadi minah Kashmiri.. Heee... And another thing food served to me boleh dikatakan benar - benar hygiene.I jenis perut yang agak sensitive.  Everything was under  tour guide. Not simply beli kat any store. Especially mineral water. Last but not least i m not a back packer like M a s Z u b e r, orang muda belia lagi...heee. Coz of my health lah maka i tak boleh jadi back packer.. Tapi MasZuber, Kashmir best kannn.. We will be there again to the PARADISE OF THE EARTH. INSYALLAHHH..

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Volume 9, Book 87, Number 113 :

Narrated by Abu Qatada

The Prophet said, "A true good dream is from Allah, and a bad dream is from Satan."