The
taxis in Kashmir are also open to bargaining, especially if the trip is
outside Srinagar to such places as Pahalgam or Gulmarg. In order to keep the
delightful, and sometimes exasperating, tradition of bargaining alive, the
meter is usually made non-operative by the taxi-driver. Thus, bargaining
adds to the pleasure of sightseeing and leaves a person a little more
exhausted than he n.mp3ally would be. The amount settled after the bargaining
does not include the tip. That is another story!
is an attention catcher which means 'I say', 'Please look', or 'Please
listen'. It may be used to draw the attention of a person in a shop or on a
roadside in order to make an enquiry.
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