Amritsar, Land of Sikhs II

For  a tourist, Amritsar is synonymous to The Golden Temple and The Jallianwala Bagh, but there is whole lot more to Amritsar that these two destinations. I feel Amritsar is meant for slow travel. 3-4 days in Amritsar and you get that whole Amritsar experience. Moving ahead from where we left last time at Jallianwala …

Amritsar, The Land of Sikhs I

As I got down from the Paschim Express (Read here: The Paschim Express Journey), my introduction to Amritsar was really nice. I mention this because I think thats what you need as a solo trip when you are being introduced to a new city. The people were friendly and I was in an upbeat mood …

The Paschim Express Journey

The last couple of weeks have been really crazy. Some new lows in life. But yes, the trip was fantastic as long as it lasted. I did not complete the Rajdhani leg, so that journey remains for some other day. Finally the day of departure came up. Paschim Express 12925 at Bandra Terminus, Mumbai 1135hrs. …

The October 2013 Trip is Happening!

Even though i am mid way through my 10 day solo trip during which I will be traveling parts of North India, I am writing down what I felt one week before the trip. It all started with the idea of visiting the Golden Temple and the Attari-Wagah Border. So the plan was only to …