Jalandhar: childhood home of Giles' grandfather.

A trip to India would not be complete without a visit to this city as Giles' grandad spent ten years of his youth here as his father, a coronel with the British army as stationed here.

Jalandhar is about 80 kilometres south east of Amristar, and is nowadays a major crossroads and important commercial centre famous forthe production of sporting goods and handtools. The streets are full of activity which different areas of the city selling different things: the book market, the fruit and veg market, the steel market, etc... There is also an important Sikh temple which we also visited and oddly enough had a Disney style mini-amusement park with gods and wild animal figures!

After a drive and walk around we headed back past Amritsar (30kms away) to the Attari India-Pakistan border crossing to witness the daily 'closing of the border' ceremony where Indian and Pakistani guards shout and march on either side in an extraordinary 20 minute ceremony conducted with machismo, pride and exaggerated marching. Thousands of Indians and Pakistanis attend the ceremony to cheer their own side.

Next stop: Delhi for a bit of shopping and resting before heading home!!