There was one place in North India I did not want to miss as everyone mentioned how great the experience is to stay at the golden temple and to attend the Wagah border ceremony between India and Pakistan. So I did. Amritsar is in Punjab where you will find predominantly Sikhs. Approximately 2% (24million) of the Indian population are Sikh and most of them are in Punjab. So Turbans everywhere!!!!! The golden Temple is the Sikh’s main pilgrimage site, like Mecca for Muslims. You are not allowed inside the temple with your shoes on and your head uncovered. The temple complex is beautiful - marble everywhere and gold plated temple roofs. Many Sikhs take a bath in the supposedly holy water around the main golden temple. It certainly is much cleaner than the Ganges and ... read more

It’s high time to update my blog again. The time in India has been so amazing that I kept postponing the update. By the time I got to McLeod I was very tired yet again from moving from place to place within 2 - 3 days. I know it sounds ridiculous; especially since most who read this sit in the office and work hard and I’m travelling complaining about getting tired of fast pace travelling. But amongst travellers this is a common problem, trust me. I believe that travellers who are on the road for longer than 3 months most certainly will start stopping at every place for around 1 - 2 weeks to chill and really experience the places of visit. That’s my theory anyway. McLeod Ganj was where I started to stop for ... read more

Varanasi to start with. ... read more

Monsoon, Jungle and Buddha Nepal was not too great in regards to Internet connectivity, so I didn’t find much time to update the travelblog. I spent my last week in Pokhara, Chitwan National Park and Lumbini. Pokhara is a typical tourist place. Absolutely beautiful once the rain season clouds move from the peaks of the Annapurna Mountains. I didn’t have the glory to view the beautiful scenery and had to put up with a lot of clouds and a lot of rain. As it was my first experience with monsoon rain, I enjoyed every minute of it. On the day the rain hit me, I had hired a scooter to explore the valley of Pokhara. I saw the rain clouds moving towards me as I was returning back to Lakeside (where all the hotels are ... read more

Wow English below Die letzten Tage waren unglaublich schoen. Ich weiß nicht einmal wo ich anfangen soll. Die antiken Städte Kathmandu und Patan bilden nun die Hauptstadt von Nepal, Kathmandu (die Bedeutung des Wortes ist Pavillon aus Holz; solltet ihr euch gewundert haben). Aus diesem Grund hat Kathmandu zwei Durbar Squares (zwei königliche Paläste umgeben von Tempeln). Auch Bhaktapur war einmal eine alte Stadt mit eigener Durbar Square, jedoch befindet sich dieser Ortsteil im Kathmandu-Tal. Heutezutage werden diese ‚Durbar Squares, für Gebete, Besuche und zum Ausruhen verwendet. Die drei Durbar Squares sind auf der UNESCO-World-Heritage-Liste aufgelistet. Aus diesem Grund muss man als Tourist Eintrittsgebuehren von £ 2- £10 zahlen. Jedoch kann man bei einigen drumherumlaufen und einen anderen Einweg zur Durbar Square finden um der Eintrittsgebuehr zu entkomm... read more