Jalandhar, India Travel Blogs

Hindustan, Bharatavarsha, Aryavarta... a.k.a India
Aug 18, 2006 (46 photos)

... of transportation is 2 hours late... its on-time here. We learned quickly to pick places we loved and stay there. This entry encompasses a bit of Delhi, Agra (Taj Mahal), Amritsar and Jalandhar. Anyway, so much to say... hope you love the pics :)

jalandhar
Mar 6, 2006

... rupees, 300$ Canadian. When our host and bodyguard showed up the price was halved. This scenario was repeated on several occasions India is not a country for tourists, but for travellers. And there is a difference. If I can give one piece of advice... ...

Christmas day.
Dec 25, 2005 (4 photos)

Day 56 Sun 25th Dec 2005 Christmas day. Christmas in India... well where do I start? I felt really sorry for the girls today, it's the first Christmas we have spent together where we didn't have all the usual stuff like presents, cards old films on tele ...

An evening reminiscing in Basti
May 23, 2006

... didn't look like it was coming back anytime soon. I packed up my backpack and got on the bike around 4pm to come to Jalandhar, I stopped off at Lakha's along the way and got here around 6pm. Went straight to the office and checked my mail. I had sent ...

The girl's first day.
Dec 23, 2005 (4 photos)

... they were coming (most (actually I think all) of Bhabi's family are here). We went to visit her mum today, they live in Jalandhar. Simran and Daveena have been in good spirits today, they were quite shy around Bhabi's family but I think it's only a matter ...

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May 4, 2006

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Not quite my last day in Jalandhar
Feb 9, 2006

Day 93 Thur 9th Feb 2006 Not quite my last day in Jalandhar I came to Jalandhar this morning thinking it would be my last visit and I should say my goodbyes to everyone. I didn't get here till 1pm, I went to Gauthams office first and borrowed his bike ...

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May 1, 2006

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Things get too hot in Jalandhar
May 26, 2006

... weeks behind, will I ever be totally up to date!!! While I was on the net I checked the temperature forecasts for Jalandhar, the max temperature for today was 48 degrees centigrade and 52 is predicted for tomorrow! I got some Chinese takeaway food for ...

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May 9, 2006

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A day in Jalandhar, doing the last minute shoping
Nov 3, 2005 (1 photos)

... mess (see vid). We left for Jalandhar on the Bullet around 9ish, hoping to be back for the afternoon. As per usual things in Jalandhar didn't go according to plan, a couple of things that were supposed to have been made were not ready so I have to go back ...

Yet another trip to Jalandhar
Oct 27, 2005 (2 photos)

... , having a bike has some definite advantages, the best one is being able to pass through all the traffic. On the way to Jalandhar from Rurka I came across a railway crossing, the barrier was down because a train was going to pass soon, so I waited behind ...

A visit to Basti
May 20, 2006

... misfiring, the indicators and the horn also stopped working... why do I bother! We got back to Pind around midday and I left for Jalandhar at 1pm. Pawan and Meetu (Darshan Uncles Kids) were leaving to go back to the UK tomorrow, so I thought I'd go and ...

Got my outfit!
Oct 29, 2005

... alright in the shop but now I'm home I realised it needs some minor tweaks, I'll have to take it back (another trip to Jalandhar). After I got my outfit I went with Hardev And Satia (our sis) to the Bazaar, Hardev was after some Cortey so I pointed him in ...

Missions in Jalandhar
Oct 25, 2005 (4 photos)

... myself, get my return ticket to the UK and pick up a Dhol for Jag (big bruv), off I went on my mission in Jalandhar! Up till today I had thought Jalandhar was pretty clean and immune from all the traffic and pollution I had seen in places like Amritsar and ...

Moving to Jalandhar
Apr 12, 2006 (21 photos)

Day 155 Wed 12th April 2006 Moving to Jalandhar I had a bit of a lie-in this morning, just trying to catch up from the last few days. I moved over to Jalandhar today, to spend time with the lads as they are only here for a week or so. I put my bag down ...

See ya later Scooby (Ubhi)
Oct 21, 2005 (5 photos)

... the train, I saw a number of people crossing the track to get to the other side of the platform. This is not unusual in India, the last time I was here I saw Coolies carrying big heavy boxes across the track to get to the other platform. I did some that ...

Back to Jalandhar and buy fireworks for Diwali.
Nov 1, 2005 (7 photos)

... back for alterations, the tailor said it would be ready for Thursday (fingers crossed with that one!). When we got into the Jalandhar there was a tractor-trolley that had broken down in the main road, I think the rear axel broke or something, it was just ...

The attempt at a car purchase!
May 12, 2006 (4 photos)

... so close but then I would rather spend the money on an original pair, I mean he wanted 7,300RS for them, that about £90. We left Jalandhar at 4pm and it took two hours to get back to Pind because we had to wait ages for a bus in Nakodar. I was totally ...

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The Ring Ceremony!
Dec 5, 2005 (1 photos)

... brothers tern, Vinodh. We got into pind about 9 this morning so I had been awake most of the night. We left for Basti (Jalandhar) around 12, I was still a bit worse for wear but managed to get through the day. They did the Takha (boy's thing), Chuni (girl ...

Vinodh's wedding.
Dec 6, 2005 (1 photos)

Day 50 Tue 6th Dec 2005 Vinodh's wedding. Ok so that's over and done with! Well that's how I feel about it right now, I was a little disappointed at the lack of atmosphere at the wedding, the fact that I was one of only two people that made it from ...

Day 1 with Ubhi
Oct 19, 2005 (8 photos)

... , check out pic of the traffic!!!) that some people are taking positive steps for the future. After our guided tour we headed for Jalandhar, it was around lunchtime when we got there so we headed for Pizza Hut. I needed to check up on my e-mail and so did ...

Wagha Border and Rangla Punjab
Oct 20, 2005 (29 photos)

... them about the travelogues and I know they will check them out). In the end I think we left around 1pm, we went through Jalandhar and Amritsar to get there. I really don't like Amritsar! It's a nasty city, no disrespect to Harmandir Sahib but someone ...

Planning my trip to Rajasthan
Jan 28, 2006 (1 photos)

Day 80 Fri 27th Jan 2006 Planning my trip to Rajasthan I went to Jalandhar this morning to sort out Jag's cortey, that Sherwani and more importantly look at this whole Rajasthan trip. The cortey are half way to completion, I finally got the fabric I ...

New Years Eve.
Dec 31, 2005 (4 photos)

... Webworld we tried to get into Rangla Punjab but they were full, they had a huge waiting list at Haveli so we cam back into Jalandhar, we ended up at Pizza Hut of all places! I was actually quite good, at midnight the staff did a count down and a short ...

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