Day 8 (28st Oct 04): Bye bye Kashmir, back to Jammu

Today we left Pahalgam and set off for Katra (satellite town to VaishnoDevi). The jouney was nice, through the Saffron fields. This was a rather uneventful day, the only good part being The Antax. Occasionally we'd be stopped by the Army folks, for routine checks. At places they'd ask me questions as to where I'm working n the likes. One of them wasnt too amused to hear the name of the co. where I worked. "Umm... Talisma, yeh company kidhar hai ...', he brooded over the name for a while; afterall something like 'Al-Talisma' could very well be some miltant organisation's name, he couldnt help wonder!

Reached Katra by 8. As dad went finding about the acco. and stuff I thot it wont be a bad idea to find out if Talisma’s still doing business. Talked to Ankit, Rajesh and Dash – felt good. Watched “Kuch kuch hota hai” for some time, sahi movie thhee! Then went out for dinner followed by “Baskin Robbins”; mom enjaayed the ‘Choc Mousse’. Then on our way back, we booked the palkees for Mom and Aunty. Tht was about it.