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Amritsar Slideshow
Amritsar
Travel Blogs from Amritsar, India
I honestly thought they were heated seats...
... broke down near the train station, where all the rickshaws are, so we headed off to our hostels after a rather successful first day in Amritsar. The 2 things we most wanted to do had been accomplished, and we even had time to nap! ---- Just a quick note, ...
"Good Vibrations"
... the machine is, considering it feeds about 60,000 people a day. Pretty amazing. The other amazing "attraction" in Amritsar is the border closing ceremony with Pakistan. Yes, since we were already just a few kilometers away, we figured, ...
the golden temple
Landed at Amritsar airport, collected our ridiculously heavy rucksacks, and headed out to get the cheapest rickshaw or taxi we could find! After settling on a price with a taxi company we made our way to the taxi where they decided to add an extra ...
Pomp, ceremony and holy humility
500-year-old Amritsar (meaning "pool of nectar") is the Sikh equivalent of Mecca; their holiest place on earth, and home to the famous Golden Temple. After my time in hectic Delhi, I was looking forward to the tranquility of this spiritual nexus. Imagine ...
Golden Memories
... to cleaning the halls to handing out drays. they feed bout 300 people at a time and everyone pushes through(no one queues in india) and sit in neat rows on the ground while people pour different(and very very nice) food into your dray, really great ...
Religious admiration - Delhi & Amritsar
... Indian sat next to me on a very hot day! He was very obliging and I enjoyed his company until my arrival in Amritsar. My sole aim here was to visit the Golden Temple and the Sikhs offered a free bus to their complex. Unfortunately everyone ...
Golden Temple
Najswietsze sanktuarium sikhow, wyrasta na wyspie posrodku Jeziora Niesmiertelnosci. Przed wejsciem nalezy zdjac buty, umyc nogi oraz nakryc glowe. Kopula pokryta jest czystym zlotem wazacym ponoc 750kg. Obok swiatyni jest jadalnia (gotowaniem dla 30 ...
Hide and Sikh
... either! Answers on a postcard please. The most mental place we visited here was Wagha border, the only crossing point between India and Pakistan, where every evening the closing ceremony is something to behold!! It's kind of a cross between the hakka and ...
We're folding cloths, we're folding cloths.....
... naturally, just imagine it filled with dust, mainly no hair product in it, and bunched up in a toque all night. I. Look. Gooood. Amritsar was truly really fun. We stayed in a great area right near the golden temple, so we could walk to restaurants and ...
Best Moment in India - The Golden Temple
We get our weekends off so we hired a car to take us four hours west to Amritsar, Punjab, home of the world's population of Sikhs. The fabled India/Pakistan border ceremony was the goal. What was found instead was what may be my favorite stop along ...
Last stop
Our final destination before leaving India was Amritar where we saw the Golden Temple and the wacky border closing ceremony at the Indian/Pakistan border. I will let the picture and video's tell the story. Delhi belly took hold in the final few days - no ...
They say the journey is half the fun
... than taking a 20-25-hour train from Rajasthan, I elected to fly. I would hop from Jodhpur to Delhi, and then connect to Amritsar. 20-hour train reduced to two 1-hour flights - pretty good deal. Or so I thought. I get to the ...
On the border
After 24 hours travelling, 2hrs sleep and 3 trains later we arrive in Amritsar. Feeling slightly jaded we decide to sleep it off in our hotel room. The city itself does not have alot going for it, cramped, bustling, littered, grimy streets but all this ...
The Golden Temple and the border festivities
... had to leave the park before I lost my temper. It is a short hop from Jallianwala Bagh to Amritsar's star attraction, the Golden Temple. The Golden Temple is Sikkhisms holiest shrine, and is in some peoples opinion India's most ...
Oct 20, 2011
Temples et concert rock/Temples and a rock concert
... They organized a coach which changed to a SUV and then a small taxi for 3 people and 6 pieces of luggage. We got to Amritsar at 5 am after 10 hours travelling on a road under construction for the full 525 km (which comes with accidents, steep detours ...
History lessons in Amritsar
... under an hour. A much better option than getting the train a further two hours down the track to catch another train to Amritsar. We then spent a further two hours attempting to get to a hotel. First our cycle-rickshaw dropped us 7kms out of town by ...
Day 4
Up at 4.15am to get to Amritsar International Airport. Which is like the smallest airport in the world but dead smart I like it. Were flying to Delhi today, it's raining as we leave Amritsar so here hoping we come into some good weather. As were sat on ...
Amritsar
... didn't work out at all well for her as her Sikh body guards asassinated her for it later. Also the location of the Amritsar massacre in 1919 when the British put down a peaceful protest by shooting dead around 2000 people, although estimates vary. A ...
Golden Temle
... ncon leereszkednek a vízbe. Lassan körbejártam a tavat, amelynek neve Amrit Sarovar - "Nektár medencéje", erről kapta a nevét Amritsar. Minden oldalról megcsodáltam a templomot. Nagyon békés ez a hely, jó érzés, nyugalom kerített ...
Magical Golden Temple
From Haridwar there is a direct train to Amritsar – about 7 hours, one way tickets $10. Amritsar is a highly recommend place with beautiful Golden & Silver Temple – more about it on 'Timeless India'. The Golden Temple is a beautiful work ...
The Temple of Doom
Mega! Finally we are in Amritsar, after a true ball ache of a journey, we had our escape from McLeod Ganj scuppered by the insane journey distances and wierd times of this strange land. Had to stay wandering around in a daze, heard the Dalai Lame ...