Golden Temple

All visitors must cover their heads (orange is a sacred color to Sikhs) and everyone must go barefoot. (Yes, barefoot...no socks, no shoes...not exactly what I wanted to do, but...) And our pantlegs are Gethro style because you walk through troughs of water as part of the ritual to enter different parts of the temple.

Punjab: I Don't Think We Are in India Anymore!

December 4th 2012
After hopping on a few prop planes for short flights, we touched down in the Punjab. We were still in India, but it did not feel like India. We were in a valley near the Himilayan foothills and everything seemed more Third World. Due to the proximity to Pakistan, there was a large military presence and more security checkpoints. (Due to a recent hanging of a Pakistani terrrorist in India, there ... 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

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