Hotel Grand Legacy Amritsar

... book around the sqaure in front of the entrance and then it went back into the golden building. I was very happy I had seen what I wanted to see.

Also had the usual requests for photos, some women were really impressed I was wearing my scarf in the same way that they were! The few other female tourists I saw just had a bandana tied round their heads so I received brownie points. Also had a request for my ...

... the journey was great, we had chai, food, water and comfy seats by the window so saw all of the farmland and water buffalo the country has to offer. We both felt relief leaving Delhi I must admit the chaos of touts and hawkers just was too much to handle and so heading to Amritsar we finally felt we were starting our trip.....

Unfortunately Amristar although smaller, is still full of touts, hawkers, tour guides who have THE best offer in town ...

... hands, ask us our name, country, and profession, and then ask for "one snap" - meaning a photo of them, sometimes with and sometimes without us in it. It was fun to be around here, especially because most of the kids their age that try to talk to me around Delhi only know how to ask for money.

After taking a short tour of the temple, we started to try to find a driver to take us down to the Pakistan border for the closing ceremonies. Every day around sunset, the ...

... amp; can accommodate the prostrate bodies of 25,000 worshippers in the main courtyard.

Humayan’s Tomb, Delhi’s first Mughal mausoleum, was built in 1550s & is seen as a prototype for the Taj Mahal. This Persian style building is made of red sandstone inlaid with black & white marble.

In total contrast is the Baha’i Temple, an ultra modern building with similar style to the Sydney Opera House. When we went ...

... ball game altogether from Old, and you can really see the wealth that is accumulating here in India as you look around at the shops and restaurants/bars ....the rich are definitely getting (a lot) richer.....but sadly i think the divide is growing...and the poor are getting poorer, or so it seems and there are still plenty of them...poor people and cripples everywhere ..begging ... and living on the streets, kids included, even in New Delhi. Tragic.

'Life is a box of ...

... in the lease transaction. What follows next are the covenants by the lesser and the lessee. It should be noticed that the less or is bound to give not only possession of the property to the lessee but should also ensure that it is a quiet and peaceful possession devoid of any undue interference from the side of lesser. The less or is bound to disclose to the lessee any material defect in the ...

three nights sleeping within the magic of the Golden Temple complex, the most holy place in the Sikh religion. although mostly packed with Sikhs on pilgrimage, there is a dorm reserved specifically for westerners, complete with a water filtration unit to refill water bottles (yay!). despite the fact that the mere colour of our skin is a beacon inviting stares and putting us somewhere between everyone's best friend and a ...

... to Jaypee under the Special Development Zone (SDZ) scheme. The group is developing the Formula 1 car racing track on 400 acres in this zone. There is also a proposal to construct an international level cricket and hockey stadium in that area. "The construction of the F1 track will begin in the next two to three months and the first ...

... conditions during an overnight stay/vacation. A hotel room in San Francisco's Chinatown in the early 80s...ugh. Basic, run-down, I remember not being able to drink the water and the streets outside were noisy bustling, dirty cramped! While some memories leave an indelible stain during youth, newer memories come in to eventually take the ...