Golden Temple

Final days of Amritsar

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May 17th 2008
We trained our way into the lovely city of Amritsar with the intention of staying a night (two at most), seeing the golden temple and the cave temple, maybe seeing the border closing, then moving on to Mcleod Ganj. After two day of ilnes andnothing on our itinerary accomplished, we finally felt good enough to venture out of the hotel room for more than a couple hours. We finally felt good enough ... 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