Hotel la Cascade Amritsar

... Maybe difficult to imagine back in Europe, but it is really not only what you read and see in the media! I urge all travelers to cross through this country, enjoy a milk tea and get to know this culture. It will change your preconceived opinion for sure. In Shalla! (With the will of Allah).<br><br>Once we stop at a petrol station for lunch. And again I see these amazing Pakistani trucks. They are decorated with beautiful paintings, colorful decorations and all sorts ...

Had a pretty lazy morning, did some shopping. Had lunch in the hotel garden. One reason why I booked the hotel was that they had a garden.....so I thought fab I can sit there and relax. Only problem was that the garden was at the front so had to contend with traffic noise the whole time. So if anyone is thinking of booking Blue Moon for the same reason don't do it. Try the Grand Hotel, garden there is v quiet. <br ...

... the pinnacle was when some guy grabbed adam and pushed him in to another hotel doorway even though we had just spotted ours, I tell you they dont give up easily.. <br><br>Anyway we arrived eventually, now hostels I have done my fair share but this was pretty grim but it was cheap and a bed for the eve and close to the temple so we went with it.. <br><br>Once rested we ventured out and arranged our transport to the Attari border to witness the famous closing of the Pakistan/India ...

... we got our stuff and took it inside. The foreigner room is on the grounds of the Golden Temple complex and is only a short walk from the temple itself. Stepping outside our door, you can even see the temple under an archway. Sri Guru Ram Das Niwas had about ten beds in a big open area and then five small rooms of three beds each. We happened to get into one of the rooms, which offered a little more space to ourselves. The foreigner room was great. It had lockers, cold ...

... as we walked through with our orange bandanas previously worn by other smelly sweaty travellers! I felt really attractive! Anyway, heading into the temple again we get stopped by the paps, 10 photos later we stroll around the temple, taking pics and soaking in the whole atmosphere. THe place is quiet and calm, and there are some v sexy men bathing in their boxers in the lake of the temple.. NOT. We walked through the corridor to the temple and ...

... It just leads to disappointment. Howev** I often find the journeys to these places the most fascinating. Funny to watch an Indian Level crossing. They struggle und** the barri**s with carts and bikes. Natural selection will pick a few off.<br><br>Now I'm not a guide book. Nev** the intention of this blog. But Golden temple and Atari are excellent. Silv** Temple poor and museums, as a gen**al rule are **** (if open). Lastly I visited Jaggawall Bagh. A park commemorating ...

... did get a wink out of one of them. We were starting to discover that younger Sikh boys have a special affection for Westerners, and we were followed around by a group of them asking us all the questions they knew how to ask in English. In the langar dining hall, we were warned by some 20-something Sikh guys not to waste any of the food "because it is priceless" which was a very deep thing to say, but a little intimidating (especially because they give out such large portions!). Our ...

... called Chocolate Planet and had some delicious cheese puff pastry thing and a Mars bar. Life was pretty good. Back at the dorm I had two bananas, a mango and another bucket shower before passing out. I don't remember much of that evening. I was lapsing in and out of consciousness. I could tell the others had begun an exciting game of UNO...but it was of no interest to me. Once the lights were turned off (around midnight I think) I was finally able to just pass right out and have a decent night's sleep.

... but assured everyone that he felt well enough to travel. The train is called the Swaran Shatabdi and it is a direct Delhi/Amritsar train. We got to Amritsar around lunch time, and Aunty Ranbir (our sweet great aunt) was there waiting for us. She took us to her house and fed us. Mommy and Janpal didn't feel good. After a nap, and mommy getting really sick, we left for the village, which was luckily only a half hour ...

... was near chaos, thousands of people all looking for their platform most still half asleep. We found a little book shop at the station that had tons of cheap English books (a treat of travel in India). Even though some people say travel in India is hard, the fact so many people speak English makes it amazingly easy after our experiences with Spanish, Portuguese, and French. We bought a copy of the Life of Pi, a novel written by a Canadian ...