Saturday, July 19, 2008 (Sonmarg)
Sixteen teams including Czech Republic, Ukraine are vying for top honours in the first Kashmir Cup International Rafting Championship that began at the Sonmarg Hill Resort in the Kashmir.
Johana Kuceroba, Czech Republic captain said, "The river is colder than Czech republic because it is glacier river and we don't have glaciers there. It is beautiful, it has nice waves and it has beautiful surroundings, it is marvellous that is why we enjoyed being here in Kashmir."
"It is nice adventure and here you can enjoy other things like horse riding and going to mountains." Czech Republic team member Hana said.
Three local teams will also rub shoulders with the foreign as well as national teams.
Abid Bhat, Assistant Director J&K Tourism, objective of this championship is to bring Kashmir to the international rafting map. "We have got ex-world champion Czech republic in the championship here after this championship we can get more international events here"
With the holding of events like this, the state government aims at promoting adventure tourism in Kashmir.
thanks to ndtv
Johana Kuceroba, Czech Republic captain said, "The river is colder than Czech republic because it is glacier river and we don't have glaciers there. It is beautiful, it has nice waves and it has beautiful surroundings, it is marvellous that is why we enjoyed being here in Kashmir."
"It is nice adventure and here you can enjoy other things like horse riding and going to mountains." Czech Republic team member Hana said.
Three local teams will also rub shoulders with the foreign as well as national teams.
Abid Bhat, Assistant Director J&K Tourism, objective of this championship is to bring Kashmir to the international rafting map. "We have got ex-world champion Czech republic in the championship here after this championship we can get more international events here"
With the holding of events like this, the state government aims at promoting adventure tourism in Kashmir.
thanks to ndtv
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for river rafting you can visit Rishikesh in Uttarakhand as well...
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