Hotel Royal Castle Amritsar
309, Albert Road Amritsar, Punjab, 143 001, India
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First Impressions
... than the Pakistani crowd. This ceremony lasted for about 45 minutes, but we were in the 'Wagah' area for about 2 hours. It was also quite interesting to see the distances for various cities in Pakistan from India - for example Islamabad and Lahore - only 30km away, and there was also a bus going from Delhi to Lahore via this border.
We then visited Jallianwalah, which ...
Amritsar- India 28/11/2011
... night…..well just after 12 midnight we were woken up by the whole room – building shaking violently, it was nothing like the earlier, this one was WAY worse, the noise of creaking metal was just the most scary sound ever. It went on for what seemed like a good few minutes and we could hear shouting in the corridor, we were told to get out as quick as possible….stupidly and in a panic we actually packed our bag! (yes obviously we shouldn’t ...
Comme un Sikh à Amritsar
... suprême, qui fut la raison de l'assasinat d'Indira Gandhi quelques mois plus tard, par l'un de ses gardes... Sikhs.
La réputation des Sikhs est également d'être un peuple très fier. Sachez à ce titre que lorsque le Gouvernement Indien, faisant acte de contrition après le massacre de 1984, décida de faire reconstruire le temple, les Sikhs d'Amritsar décidèrent de le démolir à nouveau afin de le reconstruire eux-mêmes. True ...
Amritsar - A contact sport
... cooking rice in the most gigantic cooking pots you’ve ever seen, giving out plates and spoons, and doing all the washing up. Georgie and I were privileged to be invited to help the women make chapattis – it was great fun, very therapeutic and was a great insight into the community spirit of the place. The women giggled away while we attempted to roll out perfectly round thin chapatis.
The ...
Amritsar and the Golden Temple
... the military strutting and the huge crowds of Indian observers numbering in the thousands. There was a cheerleader working the crowd with chants (as they did on the Pakistani side but they were outnumbered and out shouted by the Indians). Watching the high stepping guards, quick marching was great entertainment. The whole event took about an hour.
Back to the hotel after yet another hair-raising drive on India’s less than magnificent roads.
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This hotel was formerly known as: Royal Castle


