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Balancing ourselves, we came down with great difficulty. Hugged and loved our horses as they had done a tremendous job and we still do not know whether horses can see at night. Back to our houseboat, in addition, the discussion of our adventure with horses and hills. A lovely trip altogether, could not have been better. We headed for Amritsar... However, that has yet to come.”
Later on the couple went to Amritsar
“We reached Amritsar late in the evening, just checked in to a hotel to cool our nerves. The next morning, started with our visit to the GOLDEN TEMPLE. It was as if a picture had come alive as it was beautiful and serene. The kind of response that we got from people out there was outstanding. We were taken straight inside the golden temple in front of the guru granth sahib. We listened to prayers and headed for the langar. It was so fulfilling a feeling by itself. We next moved to JALIANWALABAUG, the place where the British ****ed around 2000 people at one go. We felt our blood boiling, the patriot Gurmeet is, he was stuck at the "well" where many people who jumped inside to escape, died. We felt a terrible emptiness, the marks of the bullets were like scratching marks in our hearts.
We had only one day in Amritsar so we headed next to WAGHA BOARDER. The boarder between INDIA & PAKISTAN. The marching of the Indian and Pakistani army was a sight to see, we were jumping with joy. The shaking of hands by both side of the army was terrific. It was so strange that the land and everything looked same. But beyond that gate was what, we call...... PAKISTAN.
The patriotic song was an added dose to our already patriotic mind. People started dancing to it. In addition, we left before we were mobbed. In the night, we visited the golden temple again. It was different to see it in the day and then in the night. The golden temple shines in the middle of water in the night; it was a sense of peace that we felt. Next morning we had to head back straight to Bombay.”
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