Hotel Ishan Villa Amritsar

... Gandhi movie, and now wanted to see it myself. 
On the way to the center it proved to me that all the shops are closed. And the streets are mainly in use for cricket by the local kids. It took me some time to find out that it's a general strike, related to the 1984's event in the temple (when Indira Gandhi sent some troops there, to make the Sikhs separatists out). 
Everyone knows that once you met a fellow traveler, somewhere on your ...

... whilst his family were around him. She started to draw him and anyone that stood in her vision line was shooed away by the crowds! On finishing him, still asleep of course, she gave the drawing to his son who was now overseeing the whole operation and very proud that his father was the subject matter. So pleased in fact, that upon receiving the drawing he came back with two bags of peanuts for Issy and Ady as a thank you. So Isobel’s first paid art commission ...

... and had golden things dangling from each corner, held by attendants. They set up, then the video lights came on and they walked solemnly out of our sight and into the wedding area. <br><br>We waited a moment for a short break in the music. When the break came, we nodded thankfully to the musicians, and we left the restaurant and headed for the elevator. We entered the empty elevator and were ready to push the button for our floor (2), when 4 more ...

... of gods, gongs banging, and holy water being thrown at everyone who wasn't paying attention. <br><br>After this, we went to a museum on the Lion of Pubjab, a former leader of the state, at Ram Bagh park, which ended up being a nice small museum and was also pretty interesting. We were getting hungry, so we decided to go to a restaurant down the street that we knew would serve meat. It was a place we found in the Lonely Planet book and was described as "Amritsar's ...

... asfalti ja tänavakive. Irrmus kuum. Kohati on maas ka vaibatükid, aga püüan säilitada eneseväärikust ja mitte vaibast vaibani karelda. Kohalikud vaatavad minu vaprust imetlusega. Jõuan viimaks plätudeni. Tunne on küll selline, nagu oleks talla all kuumavillid. Värskendan end jääkohviga ja suundun hotelli ennast külma veega üle valama. Milleks küll on inimesel vaja sooja vett?<br><br>Kusagil kella viieks sõidame Pakistani piirile, Wagah piiripunkti. Vahtkonnavahetus, mis kujutab ...

... but I was very happy with the one I visited yesterday. <br><br>My next train in a day seat was okay in that I was sat next to the window, but I had a very friendly, but broad, young Indian sat next to me on a very hot day! He was very obliging and I enjoyed his company until my arrival in Amritsar.<br><br>My sole aim here was to visit the Golden Temple and the Sikhs offered a free bus to their complex. Unfortunately everyone else also wanted to take it (since ...

... that he didn't see it. Indian hotels tend to be disgusting. I'm pretty sure sheets don't ever get changed or washed. Rooms are occasionally swept (although this one clearly hadn't been swept since the last people were there...there were dust balls, pieces of crackers, and who knows what else on the floor). Walls are beyond the need of a new paint job...they get to the point where pieces of the paint are just coming off the wall or ceiling. According to Kush (our Indian ...

... opposing sets of fans facing each other, separated not by a football pitch but by a highly policed border line, we sat with thousands of Indians and waited for the proceedings to begin. The atmosphere was electric, intensified by the presence of an official MC that rallied the crowds with cries of " Hindustan, zindabad", long live India! The Pakistan side responded with their own cries and the stage was set for a very funny afternoon. At 6pm the ...

... with lights for the celebration. Although Sikhs have their own religion there is a strong link with Hinduism and Diwali is celebrated in the Punjab. We were going to leave Amritsar before Diwali as our ...