Arrived in Amritsar late yesterday afternoon after a 5 hour bus ride from Chandigarh. The Golden Temple complex is impressive (some liken it to the Taj Mahal in grandeur, but since I didn’t see the latter up close, I can’t comment). The walkway around the sacred pond is all marble with inlaid patterns. Plus the … Continue reading Amritsar, and top 5 reasons why the train is better than the bus
The (Pakistani) Wagah-Attari (India) border crossing, 30km west of Amritsar (and the only border crossing between the 2 countries), was both amusing in a farcical way and scary in a “Zieg Heil” kind of way. A little too patriotic. And with guards’ walks that could have been out of a Monty Python Ministry of Silly Walks … Continue reading Pakistani-India Wagah-Attari border ceremony
Map of my India trip note that some town names in my “flags” will have slightly different spelling (due to new and old names), but if it sounds close, it’s the same Here is the list of places I visited (with state name for the first time entering a state): Chennai, Tamil Nadu Mamallapuram Pondy … Continue reading Map of India and my stops
Surprisingly, my night train from Bikaner to Delhi was virtually on time (only 20 min late), and, after an auto-rickshaw transfer between railway stations, my fast train to Chandigarh was exactly on time! I’m staying with a friend’s parents here in a leafy suburb of this modern, grid-like, clean, green city. Will do sight-seeing mainly tomorrow … Continue reading Arrived in Chandigarh