Srinagar was the starting point of my this year's trek and fortunately it coincided with the Independence Day week.
Our trekking group was supposed to start on 14Aug morning to higher camps from Srinagar and I didn't wanted to miss out on a wonderful opportunity to have a morning run around the famous Dal Lake. So I decided to head out from the hotel room in the wee hours of 14th and started running towards the Dal Lake.
I was aware of high security deployment in Srinagar city and all, but to my surprise defense departments had decided to have Independence day celebratory march around Dal Lake too. So I witnessed the defense security personals stopping the traffic and routing to other directions. Even few cyclists were requested to take a different route away from Dal Lake where the celebrations was held. However I wasn't stopped. Lucky me, I went on running around the lake during sunrise with the security personals every 15-20 steps along the stretch. I felt I was being escorted like the Prime Minister or a President 😜.
On my way back, I stopped in the middle of the celebrations, near the battalions and procession, who were waiting for some VIP to arrive. I didn't miss out on clicking some photos with the army and airforce men too.
Witnessed sun rising behind the mountains, lighting up all the shikaras and the lake was a great scene to behold!
I proceeded towards the bridge where I ended my run and took an auto back to hotel to get ready for the travel ahead.
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