An Excursion to Punjab

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A mystical walk through Main Bazaar at dawn saw us arrive at New Delhi station and jump onto our favourite Shatabdi Express. However, we didn't expect to be the only people in our carriage not taking part in the school trip to Amritsar! You can only imagine the level of noise! Several hours later, we arrived in Amritsar, ear drums perforated and all. A lovely old man offered to take us and our very heavy bags on a cycle rickshaw - we tried to decline but he insisted, telling us he was very strong. He was - until we got to the hill where we had to get out and push that is, but we made it!

The Golden Temple, heart of Sikhism, is the main attraction of Amritsar which we visited many times - dawn, day, dusk and night along with the 60-80,000 pilgrims who visit this place daily! A truly serene site and magnificent building.

We made the most of being so close to make our way to the India-Pakistan border to see the closing ceremony which we got to watch as VIPs but only after a very long and bumpy ride. The show was truly spectacular, lots of fun and very endearing to see how proud people were to run up and down with their flags.

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Comments

[isabelle]

felicitations julia, je vois que toi, et ton amie, etes de grandes voyageuses ! bonne continuation, isabelle

[Reg]

Catching up with your progress
hi Julia & Katrina, We've had a nice holiday in between my catching up with all your travels. We were skiing at Lake Tahoe on the California/Nevada border and had about 9 feet of snow in 4 days so lot's of digging the car out. Then went to Flagstaff AZ & saw Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater & other fine sights but all in absolute luxury (no more slumming it for us). You girls are so intrepid, and you seem go be having a great time, if somewhat exhausting! My finger is sore from scrolling through your adventures on my iPod. Julia, I did Skype your ma a while back & even saw Daniel too, not your pa though he was out on a job. (can you Skype from there?) Keep the fun blogs coming and look after yourselves. Love Reg & Jenny

[Julia and Katrinas Big Trip]

Hello Jenny and Reg! Thanks for your comment - sounds like you had a great time too! Wait til you hear about our Chitwan experience re accommodation - it'll send shivers down your spine! I can Skype from here in theory though in practice it's not that easy with power cuts, internet failure, you name it! Take care Julia xxx