Northern India (long lost family pt 5)

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January 22nd 2009

Published: February 8th 2009

After a mammoth 12 hour flight we touched down in Mumbai, a little worse for wear and with no idea of what time of day it should have been. I wasted no time at all in using my broken 'punjab-lish' to organise us a taxi to our hotel on the outskirts of Mumbai. The city (or what we saw of it at least) was as we'd expected; noisy, smog-filled, crowded and filthy. Immense shanty towns of make-shift s... Read Full Entry

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Nothing mist...

Looking out towards Dharamasala, early morning, Mc Leod Ganj

Truck load of colour

One of India's numerous colourful carriers

Princess Whitey

In my Uncle's mini palace, Amritsar

Feeding (more than) the 5000

Sitting down to eat in the huge Langar Hall at the Golden Temlpe, Amritsar

Good as gold

Standing in front of the Golden Temple

Potty about the Chimnis

My Uncle and Aunt Chimni

Even more rellies

My cousin Tini and her kids

25 carat view

The Golden Temple: pre-sunrise

Golden dawn

The sun comes up behind the impressive Golden Temple

Waheguru worship

A man solemnly prays from a distance

Pilgrims

Early morning, Amritsar

Gateway to Pakistan

2 giant border guards stand to attention on the Indian side

Kicking contest

The Indians and the Pakistanis compete in the art of silly marching

Dinner at the Lumsden Club

Uncle Mohinder takes us out for dinner (along with Aunt Kiran and my second cousin Navi)

Lumsden ladies

After dinner in Amritsar

Teachers together

My Aunt Rajwant playing Principal and showing us around her school

Standing tall

Kelly and Tanvir, another of my second cousins

The head of the family

Me with my Uncle Charanjit (mum's elder brother) in his front garden

Pretty Pink Palace pattern

An interesting wall design made from mounted rifles within the complex of Jaipur's Pink Palace

Pretty in Pink (even though it's actually an orangey colour)

In the Pink Palace's courtyard looking up towards the still functioning Royal Palace

Peacock rock

Detail of one of the 'doorways of the four seasons', Pink Palace, Jaipur

8th February 2009

Vero
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So good!!!!
I am glad for you guys! it's sounds that you having a good time over there ;) That's great that you are seeing your familly too! Big thanks to share your adventure by your blog, it's really well done! Keep going and all the best :) See ya ! xx

4th March 2009

Inderpreet
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Great!
Great Blog! When I was reading you blog, It was like I m also present there...hahaha...So what's the total number of cousin's you met in India. Do you remember their names?.. You enjoyed every bit of it! Best of luck for future trip and keep writing...

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