Where do I start with what I did today...
I did enjoy today as I spent most of it not wearing shoes. First we went to the Golden Temple. The street leading up to the Golden Temple was a building site as they were renovating it. You had to watch your step to make sure you didn't trip over wires or people buffering the stone path...there is no health and safety out here!
Once we arrived at the Temple we had to remove our shoes and cover our heads. Before entering the Temple we had to walk through a channel of water, if we didn't do this the guards with spears wouldn't let you in.
The Golden Temple was magnificent; shining and reflecting the sun off the gold. Monty came along sitting on my backpack all day. There were men bathing in the holy pool and woman had a separate private section for themselves.
My favourite part of the Temple was going into the kitchens. We had to wash our feet through a channel going into and coming out of the kitchens. They prepare meals for thousands of people every day. First we went in and saw jabati's being made by machines. At the end of this there were people sitting around a table sat oiling them. Georgina had a turn at it, she was so good the lady beside her wanted her to carry on for the rest of the day. In the kitchens they make about 5,000 jabati's an hour. We then saw lots of people peeling garlic and onions, we walk into a room that everybody was eating in and got to see huge pots of rice and curry. We lost Mary at somepoint around this time. Don't worry about it as we managed to find her eventually.
We still had no shoes on and were walking through, I am not sure what...oil, flour and water???
We then got a chance to make jabati's by hand. We had to roll the balls of dough into circles...well hearts and egg shapes in my case. On our way out we saw large pots for washing up and many people drying up too.
Once we had left the Temple via the channel of water again, we got our shoes back and I made a small donation to the Temple of 200 rupees which is about £1.50. Which they gave me a receipt for.
Back down the building site Street, we visited a memorial garden which was close to the Golden Temple. This is where the British attacked the Indians.
It was lunchtime and I had a great 'cottage cheese' curry, it was delicious with lots of lovely spices. Afterwards we visited a museum about the border between Pakistan and India many years ago.
This is where I leave this post and start the next one...
I did enjoy today as I spent most of it not wearing shoes. First we went to the Golden Temple. The street leading up to the Golden Temple was a building site as they were renovating it. You had to watch your step to make sure you didn't trip over wires or people buffering the stone path...there is no health and safety out here!
Once we arrived at the Temple we had to remove our shoes and cover our heads. Before entering the Temple we had to walk through a channel of water, if we didn't do this the guards with spears wouldn't let you in.
The Golden Temple was magnificent; shining and reflecting the sun off the gold. Monty came along sitting on my backpack all day. There were men bathing in the holy pool and woman had a separate private section for themselves.
My favourite part of the Temple was going into the kitchens. We had to wash our feet through a channel going into and coming out of the kitchens. They prepare meals for thousands of people every day. First we went in and saw jabati's being made by machines. At the end of this there were people sitting around a table sat oiling them. Georgina had a turn at it, she was so good the lady beside her wanted her to carry on for the rest of the day. In the kitchens they make about 5,000 jabati's an hour. We then saw lots of people peeling garlic and onions, we walk into a room that everybody was eating in and got to see huge pots of rice and curry. We lost Mary at somepoint around this time. Don't worry about it as we managed to find her eventually.
We still had no shoes on and were walking through, I am not sure what...oil, flour and water???
We then got a chance to make jabati's by hand. We had to roll the balls of dough into circles...well hearts and egg shapes in my case. On our way out we saw large pots for washing up and many people drying up too.
Once we had left the Temple via the channel of water again, we got our shoes back and I made a small donation to the Temple of 200 rupees which is about £1.50. Which they gave me a receipt for.
Back down the building site Street, we visited a memorial garden which was close to the Golden Temple. This is where the British attacked the Indians.
It was lunchtime and I had a great 'cottage cheese' curry, it was delicious with lots of lovely spices. Afterwards we visited a museum about the border between Pakistan and India many years ago.
This is where I leave this post and start the next one...
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