M.K.Hotel Amritsar

... must say that the BSF jawans were trying their best to stay in control. The parade was an interesting one which saw both sides saluting and dehoisting the flag and closing the gates for the day. There wasn't much of visibility due to heavy fog which already had seemed to set in and made our return journey in the rick even tougher. We then went to the golden temple on our return which was at its best with all its illumination . We walked back to our hotel after dinner at one ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... was amazing to be here, sitting among the Sikhs and eating a free dinner in their dining hall. This meal was definitely another highlight of my trip so far.

As it was getting dark, we decided it would be time to go see the inside of the Golden Temple. The line took over an hour and when we got inside, there was a lot of music being played. The temple itself was three floors, and there were people on all three sitting around and praying. The interior was also gold ...

... riisiga võiks küll toita veel mõned näljased. Tagasisõidul pean kõlkuma juhiistme seljatoel, mis jälle pealtvaatajatele eriti muljet avaldab. Kuna olen jätkuvalt seljaga sõidusuunas, võib signaalitamise järgi ainult aimata, mis eespool toimub.
Õhtul külastame Kuldset Templit, mis avati 1604 ning mis peaks Taj Mahali järel olema Indias külastatavuselt teine vaatamisväärsus ja palverännakute ...

... fully clothed??

Outside of the temple has everything you could want...an internet cafe, a nescafe stand (selling chai for 3 rupees!), a soda stand (the funniest thing-the have one kind of soda and sell it till it runs out and then get another kind. It only costs 5 rupees (normal price is 15 or 20 rupees for a soda)). However, there is nowhere to buy water on the temple grounds. You have to go outside the grounds for that. They do have filtered water, which I was at first ...

... asked if she could see Eric's Stainless steel tea set. We saw Khalsa college which is the first Sikh college. If memory serves, it was started around 1897, just slightly over 100 years old. The building was gorgeous, but we couldn't go in because the students were sitting for the final exams, and the College was closed to visitors. Eric was going to look at the book for what he wanted to do in Chandigarh, but didn't have the time.

... we went inside and took some photos. This whole morning has been drizzling and rainy... so seeing Jalianwala Bagh in the rain with an overcast depressing sky kind of added to it a little. And seeing the golden temple with rain falling on the pool was also somewhat neat. I'd like to see it in bright sunlight someday, but that wasn't today. We got our photos and walked around the outside. I'd read that there was a museum of Sikh history in there somewhere, but I didn't ...