Today Arun has hired a bus to drive the wedding party to Amritsar and view the wonderful Sikh Golden Temple. However, Lindy and I are both feeling under the weather and decided to rest and heal. It's a shame to miss this - I had been looking forward to it - but having to get up early and take the long bus ride there and back was pretty much out of the question.
So today is not much to write about. We sleep in (having made our decision last night), have a late breakfast, do a little wandering around in the hotel, catch up on postcards and playing "Angry Birds" on my Kindle Fire (too bad I don't get any payments for product placement), but mostly resting and trying to recuperate.
Those who did make the trip say the ride was long but the temple is beautiful. It's a shining gold color reflected on a lake. The group toured the grounds barefoot. Then they were hurried to reboard the bus to attend the "changing of the guard" at the border of India and Pakistan. This is a ceremony so popular grandstands have been built for public viewing. After the sunset ceremony, the bus returns and the guests at our hotel shuffle back late at night.
The sights were worth seeing, but Lindy and I feel we made the right decision. We would have felt pretty miserable travelling the way we felt. Even my camera took the day off, so no pictures today.
So today is not much to write about. We sleep in (having made our decision last night), have a late breakfast, do a little wandering around in the hotel, catch up on postcards and playing "Angry Birds" on my Kindle Fire (too bad I don't get any payments for product placement), but mostly resting and trying to recuperate.
Those who did make the trip say the ride was long but the temple is beautiful. It's a shining gold color reflected on a lake. The group toured the grounds barefoot. Then they were hurried to reboard the bus to attend the "changing of the guard" at the border of India and Pakistan. This is a ceremony so popular grandstands have been built for public viewing. After the sunset ceremony, the bus returns and the guests at our hotel shuffle back late at night.
The sights were worth seeing, but Lindy and I feel we made the right decision. We would have felt pretty miserable travelling the way we felt. Even my camera took the day off, so no pictures today.
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