Hotela Alstonia Amritsar

... s not traveling anymore, coming back to Mombay for a year of studies. Hope it will work. 
Jallianwala Bagh is similar to what they show in the movie. There are a few monuments. But once I'm inside it seems like I'm the best memorial of all - people ask me to take a picture with me, or at least with my hat - great success! 
One of the folks even proposes to show me the place. He's very nice and gentle type. After the garden we decide to ...

... families. This time, in the higher class aircon, we were met by the grumpy fat folk. They were occupying our seats and showing ignorance and po-faceness to our request to free up our beds that Victoria Beckham would have been proud of. Finally as we decided to reclaim our rightful territory, a sort of ticket guard came up and confirmed that we were indeed in the right this time and that grumpy fat man had to shift his butt. With us all safely installed on the top bunks ...

... 3,4,5 open, close, etc. Fine, I thought, It crashes with two commands, lets give it 9. The control panel now looks like a Christmas tree. All lit up and nowhere to go. One big guy looks up and reads the overhead sign that says "Limit 6 Passengers" He looks down and sees a little kid, (that I had missed) and says Oh, Oh, we are 6.1! More laughter.

Now maybe you are unaware, but Barbie does not like elevators. We had only been in there 3-4 ...

... restaurant." It definitely looked classy on the inside, with waiters dressed up in vests, mirrors all over the walls, and nice table decorations, and right next door there was even an imitation restaurant with the same name trying to lure unsuspecting travelers. I had a delicious chicken dish and a banana lassi and paid a grand total for $5 for my meal at the classiest place in town. I wasn't really feeling great, so I decided to go back to the room to take some Advil ...

... days it’s probably not worth them going to work at all, it really is that quiet, it was unbelievable. We camped on the lawns of the hotel, they’re used to overlanders but hardly see any anymore. It was actually a lovely spot and the cool green shade and lack of police harassment was a welcome change. Pretty much from the moment we entered Pakistan we were chivvied from place to place by rolling police escorts, some of whom were fine, some were ...

... Altho’ this follows the spirit of the Sikh religion, so many checks are now in place to counter possible recurrences of recent acts of terrorism. Security staff check both individuals and bags, with photography banned in most public buildings. I even had to provide copies of my passport and visa just to get a local SIM card!

I enjoyed two more meals in the dining room before making a donation to the temple and taking the free bus back to the train ...

... my face. My pictures didn't turn out too well, perhaps because of the flag in my face, but I think Badris got a few good ones (seeing as he is actually a professional photographer). It is really a bizarre sight. I really couldn't tell if it was meant to be taken seriously. Some people told us that it was a really serious event, but it's hard to take seriously when you have young Indian men taking off their shirts and waving them about in some sort of fake strip tease!

... 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 ...

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 ...

... was to celebrate Diwali in Varanasi but it was exciting watching it start to build up. Sikhs are a unique group of people whose warrior background is evident with their firm stares and strong handshakes ...