Punjab!

Ohhh goodness I am so late in posting!!! I'm sorry everyone- things are getting really insanely busy here and it's only going to get worse, but I'll try to be better about keeping you posted :) Only 6 more weeks until you stop reading the lame apologies on here and I start talking your ear off about all this stuff in person! Woohoo!

So a really long time ago (2 weekends) I went to Punjab in the north of India with my classmates and it was really amazing. There are a few highlights of the trip worth mentioning. First and foremost I saw PAKISTAN!!!! Wow. I don't know, for some reason that really hit me as being something not everyone gets to do. When you go to India, you see the Taj, etc, but how many people do you know that have seen Pakistan? Don't answer that- I want to pretend it's an elite club I'm part of now. Every evening, there is a ceremonial closing of the border between India and Pakistan and it has really grown over the years. It is something that locals and tourists alike flock to, because it has become entertainment, if you can believe it. There are stadiums on both sides, and fancily-dressed soldiers march around and there's an MC. It really truly is something to behold- here's a video!

India crowds

Soldiers and MC

Pakistan!!

The other highlight from this trip was definitely the Golden Temple in Amritsar. So. Beautiful. Yet another thing that is impossible to describe. Amritsar is the Holy City for Sikhs and this is their main temple. It is huge! It's surrounded by water that people ritually bathe in, and it has an enormous kitchen that feeds thousands of people a day, for free. We partook and it was delicious! We also walked around and got to see how everything was made. I have never seen such large-scale food production in all my life. More pictures!!

INSANE amounts of plates

Potatoes, you know, the normal amount 

Getting served

Golden Temple!

Don't change that url! Stay tuned for my trip to Goa!!

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