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Tibetan Temple in Dalamsala

[ Sept.2006 ] Dalamsala was the place I liked most in this tour in India. The area we stayed was called McLeod Ganj, where we arrived after going up about 200 metre from the town…

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On the way

[ Sept.2006 ] This is a rolly I saw on the way from Amritsar to Dharamsala.The rollies in India were very showy.Our tour continued our journey by four six seater 4D Toyotas.After a few hours,…

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After the massacre

[ Sept.2006 ] In Amritsar in India, we visited a park called Jallianwala Bagh, too. This was a site of a massacre of 1919 when India was being governed by the UK. A general called…

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Golden Temple

[ Sept.2006 ] The highlight of Amritsar in India was this Golden Temple whose proper name is Harmandir Sahib. This is the head temple of Sikhism and it took 30 years to build this, completed…

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Ceremony at the border

[ Sept.2006 ] After arriving at Amritsar in India by train, we went to see a ceremony at a border village called Wagah. The other side is Pakistan. This crest in this photo is a…

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By train

[ Sept.2006 ] I continue my story of our tour in India.On the third day, we got up very early and took a train from the chaotic Delhi station to Amritsar in the north.In the…

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Rickshaw

[ Sept.2006 ] The highlight of our stay in Delhi was the rickshaw ride.This was real transport system for people living there, not like in Japan where rickshaws are for tourists.They pulled it by bicycle.We…

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Beautiful patterns

[ Sept.2006 ] In Delhi, India, we visited Red Fort built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1648, Jama Masjit mosque built by him, too, Raj Ghat ( Mahtma Gandhi memorial), India Gate which was…

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Shocking India

[ Sept.2006 ] I will talk about my old holiday again. I joined an English tour to north India in autumn of 2006 with my Malaysian friend whom I met in Armenian tour. This was…