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Amritsar Slideshow
Amritsar
Travel Blogs from Amritsar, India
India - Amritsar
... in a better place than it is now twenty years from now. I don't think I feel that way at all about Pakistan. The city of Amritsar is a nice first stop for me on the long road I will be taking through India. Its most famous attraction is The Golden Temple, ...
Wagah-Grenze und der Goldene Tempel
... wenn man so nah wohnt immer wieder am bend eine letzte Rund um das Becken wert. Fuer die Geschichtsinteressierten: in Amritsar wurde unter der Regierung Indira Gandhi das Massaker an den Sikhs veruebt, das wahrscheinlich ein massgebliches Motiv ihrer ...
Day 9 and 10
... and tonight, before heading to Chandigarh by scummy cheap bus tomorrow! Looks like we might stay under the proposed 200 quid for 2 weeks in India, even including this posh hotel so it's all good!! Miss you all lots, can't wait for Tokyo now! ...
Nevermind the Taj, here's the golden Temple
... sollte die Tourismusindustrie die Aussage des Titels doch nicht befolgen. Es waere schade, wenn der goldene Tempel in Amritsar zu einem zweiten Taj Mahal verkommt, zu einer Touristenabzocke ohne jegliche Atmosphaere. Denn im Gegensatz zum reinen Prunkbau ...
Golden Temple & border fun
I spent the last two days in Amritsar, a city of a little over a million, but the traffic of three million. The oppressive pollution and constant traffic noise started to get to me. But the Golden Temple, the Sikhs holiest site, is well ...
higistamine jätkub
... täis. Pakistani poolel paistab hõredam pubik olevat. Mõlemalt poolt üritatakse kõigepealt vastast diskoga tappa, siis läheb India pool lahti midagi, mis esialgu meenutab lippudega teatejooksu. Kõik soovijad, põhiliselt naised ja lapsed, aga ka ...
The Golden Temple
The route from Dharamsala to Amritsar isn't terribly popular with tourists, so we had to take a local bus, which left around 5:00am and arrived around 11:00am. The bus wasn't too bad, but Amritsar was extremely hot and dusty, a rude ...
Amritsar, the city of The Golden Temple
... class available on each train. My adventurous streak does not have a strong stomach with regards to toilets.... On arrival in Amritsar (around 4 hours later) the number of touts was astounding. Eventually though we found what we were looking for - the ...
The centre of Sikhdom
Price of beer: 70RS (officially 62Rs) shop, pub unknown Transport: Local bus Weather: Sunny & humid Arrived in Amritsar sometime in the late morning after a journey that started at around 4am. Checked into the cheapest and most disgusting hotel in ...
A few pics from my trip!
Since I've had a difficult time finding a computer that isn't super slow I've had to wait till now to post some pics and vids, sorry for the delay! I have a lot more pictures but have had a difficult time trying to upload them, hopefuly in a few ...
Punjab
... Delhi train station and a 7 hour train journey (complete with AC, lunch and a couple of games of travel Scrabble), we arrived in Amritsar in Punjab, the home of the Golden Temple, the most holy Sikh temple in the world. The Grand hotel was ok, and ...
Amritsar - Incredible Indian Hospitality!
... plates were gathered and we were on our way out as the next 1000 or so filed in. Incredibly efficient; quite a surprise for India! Amritsar is where we became celebrities with many people wanting to have their pictures taken with the ‘goras’. ...
Golden Temple and Border Showdown
We decided to go to Amritsar since going to the Indian - Pakistan boarder closing ceremony was a highlight in our book. And the other draw for us was to visit the Golden Temple the holiest site for Sikh's, a religious sect of India. ...
Back with Tango.....just like home!!
... seem to hope that everyone else gets out the way!!! Libby arrange some school buses to take us to the border ceremony (Pakistan into India), they do this everyday and it is recommend to go and watch as the men do a funny little dance. Turns out ...
Where All Those NY Cab Drivers Are Really From...
Walking around Amritsar is quite an experience - it's the most "Indian" place I've been thus far, crowded, noisy, full of color and culture...these photos are from the Golden Temple, the holiest of holy places for the Sikh people - the guys who drive all ...
Golden Freedom
... the over the top showmanship of the two sets of guards trying to out-do each other. Day 30: Friday February 17th Amritsar was a place that right from the outset made us feel very welcome. Arriving off the bus at about 5am we headed for the ...
Hindustan, Bharatavarsha, Aryavarta... a.k.a India
... 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 ...
Mar 25, 2010
18 hours of travel to see 1 temple?!
... even 4! After 2 hours of wondering how it was possible for us to get there without crashing into someone, came we to Amritsar. Like many others before asked the driver where we came from, we answered him, adding some compliments about his driving ...
Day 30 - Golden Temple (Harmandir)
Got up around midday, washed a load of clothes (myself!). Went out for a nice thali at Bharawan da Dhaba and then headed to the bus station to see if I could get to Wagah for the border ceremony but I was too late... d*mn! Headed straight to the Golden ...
Maybe they should have told us this first......
An update about my first day in Amritsar. I forgot to mention another place we visited before the border. It was a Hindu temple this time.....everything covered in reflective tiles, flowers, you name it it had it! So completely differemt to the Sikh ...
Amritsar
This was a hellish journey to get to our destination of Amritsar. We booked a Sumo which is a Land Cruiser that 8 people share the fare. A realy reasonable and semi-comfortable way to travel. During the journey we had a 2 hour delay in the dead heat with ...
Casteing Call!
Wow! Barely made the flight in the morning from Delhi to Amritsar yesterday... My driver insisted on stopping for tea... "Only two minutes." Two minutes is never two minutes, and I knew that, but didn't realize it would be cutting it ...
Crossing over
... it, we were out of there. It sounds easy but it took most of the day. We all headed off through the deadly traffic of India to the first town, only 30km away, us, the Velorex and the other Adventure bikers. Once there we battled our way to a hotel which ...
day of the wedding
So that night I got to sleep around 3 a.m. But then the phone rang along with my upset stomach around 6 a.m. After the boisterous removal of body fluids (from both ends) for about a half hour I was able to get a few more hours of fitfull ...
Golden Temple
Golden Temple der Sikhs: ueber Guru Bruecke gelangt man zum Tempel, der in heiligem Gewaesser, dem sogen. "Necktarpool" (Amrit Sarovar) steht, von dem auch die Stadt ihren Namen hat. Man darf den Tempelkomplex nur barfuss und mit Kopfbedeckung ...
Day 8 - Amritsar and the Golden Temple
... the way there... but i won't go into that as the rest of the day was awesome! We arrived and checked into a guest house in Amritsar, about 300m from the Golden Temple itself. To enter the grounds of the temple we had to buy a head scarf and remove our ...