The Golden Temple

Last days in the north

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November 7th 2009
Last days in the North Amritsar has to be the dirtiest city we've ever visited. Visibilty was so bad you could barely see the end on the hotel courtyard. But at night, the golden temple really did look quite magnificent. We almost blended into the background of Sikh pilgrims - except for a bunch of teenage girls who ran up to us to shake our hands and to tell Rachel how beautiful she was. I'd nev ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more