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As my time in India drew to a close, I made a mad dash from McLeod Ganj to a few special sites further west.
The Golden Temple in Amritsar is literally a temple made of gold, and the number one pilgrimage site for Sikhs. Despite the overcast weather, it was still a sight to behold.
Later in the afternoon, I attended the India-Pakistan border crossing ceremony which I had first seen on Michael Palin's “Himalaya” TV series. It was one of the coolest experiences of my entire trip.
Sikhism's Golden Temple in Amritsar
The Surreal India-Pakistan Border Ceremony
Next week's Friday Flashback will cover my posts from Delhi, and then it's off to Southeast Asia to see what kind of trouble I got myself into last year.
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