5:15am New Delhi: reach the station and don't find myself wanting to halt here. Found that a train leaves for Amritsar on 30mins.
2:30pm Amritsar: the train has halted near the station. Police advise me to jump off and catch a rickshaw from the previous junction. Done. Reach near the golden temple and take up a room. The cab to Wagah border leaves in 15. Quick shower and am out. Evening saved.
5:15pm Wagah border: reaching here an hour before time is insufficient. The place is already packed. Stuffed like sardines again :|. Hey but look BSF providing special seats to VIPs and caucasians. So much for feeling special of who you are in your own country.
The show starts and the crowd erupts. Some 3-4k on the Indian side versus barely a few hundred on the other. Awesome atmosphere. Vande Mataram, Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Hindustan Zindabad. Rocking in the freakishly hot sun, worth it.
So looks like I have something to get done back in Mumbai. So my trip ends here. Will visit Jalianwala Baugh and the Golden Temple tomorrow and then head home. I wanted to go to Jammu and maybe even up to Srinagar, but that's not happening.
Hyderabad-Nagpur-Khajurao-Varanasi-(Delhi)-Amritsar-(Mumbai).
That's nearly 3000kms by road and rail to Amritsar. 5 states, 8 blog posts and too many temples visited. Phew!
So the days were longer, sleep incomplete and all the destinations absolutely unknown. What an awesome few days. Met some interesting people and have reenergized with these wonderful memories. While the body aches, it is still craving for more. Now that's the sign of leaves/vacations well spent.
Will post the pics when i get home.
Till the next time then... Bon voyage mes nouveaux amies. Au revoir.
Day6|Day5|Day4|Day3|Day2
2:30pm Amritsar: the train has halted near the station. Police advise me to jump off and catch a rickshaw from the previous junction. Done. Reach near the golden temple and take up a room. The cab to Wagah border leaves in 15. Quick shower and am out. Evening saved.
5:15pm Wagah border: reaching here an hour before time is insufficient. The place is already packed. Stuffed like sardines again :|. Hey but look BSF providing special seats to VIPs and caucasians. So much for feeling special of who you are in your own country.
The show starts and the crowd erupts. Some 3-4k on the Indian side versus barely a few hundred on the other. Awesome atmosphere. Vande Mataram, Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Hindustan Zindabad. Rocking in the freakishly hot sun, worth it.
So looks like I have something to get done back in Mumbai. So my trip ends here. Will visit Jalianwala Baugh and the Golden Temple tomorrow and then head home. I wanted to go to Jammu and maybe even up to Srinagar, but that's not happening.
Hyderabad-Nagpur-Khajurao-Varanasi-(Delhi)-Amritsar-(Mumbai).
That's nearly 3000kms by road and rail to Amritsar. 5 states, 8 blog posts and too many temples visited. Phew!
So the days were longer, sleep incomplete and all the destinations absolutely unknown. What an awesome few days. Met some interesting people and have reenergized with these wonderful memories. While the body aches, it is still craving for more. Now that's the sign of leaves/vacations well spent.
Will post the pics when i get home.
Till the next time then... Bon voyage mes nouveaux amies. Au revoir.
Day6|Day5|Day4|Day3|Day2
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