Sorry I've got so behind on blogging but catching up now! Friday started with a cute 4.25am wake up.. our taxi was due at 4.40 but at 4.28 I got a message to say it was here. I've never moved so quickly! We set off, me sat in the boot of the car which was an experience, and arrived at the train station at about 5.40. Our trains were at 6.40 and 7.20 but we were told to allow lots of time before them as they're very unpredictable. We sat on the floor and waited for a while before the others went to get their 6.40 train, and soon ours arrived. The journey took about 6 and a half hours, and we were served 'breakfast' at about 8.30. It was some kind of veggie patties, 2 fries and a spoonful of peas with 2 slices of bread. Very odd!
We slept a lot of the way which was good, and arrived at 2ish. The others' train turned out to arrive later than ours which was strange as they left earlier than us. We got some crisps and sat in a waiting room for about an hour until they arrived. Our coordinator knows the people there and arranged for them to pick us up which ended up being a bit problematic as we didn't know who was picking us up and every time someone came up to us to ask for a selfie we thought it was him picking us up.
Eventually we tracked him down and had a 15 minute ish journey to the hostel. We checked in and found our beds, then sat in the communal area chatting to people. One of the hostel workers showed us to the roof which was cool but it was soo hot. I said I needed to go to an ATM and he offered to take me on his scooter. I wish I had pictures because it was amazing!! Literally the best thing ever it was soooo much fun! I got cash out and we went back, and signed up the golden temple tour that evening. We left around 8pm and walked the 1km to the temple. We had a guide who you pay a donation to, dome through the hostel, and we saw the temple and then went to the community kitchen. It was amazing to see; it's the holiest Sikh temple in the world, and they feed between 50,000-100,000 people every day with free meals. We had Dahl, flatbed and rice pudding which was so nice but the experience of it was the best part.
We finished the tour at about 11 and walked back to the hostel. We had planned to go and watch the sunrise the next morning but we decided we were too tired and to go on Sunday instead. We were all still really tired though so went to bed pretty quickly anyway.
Laura x
We slept a lot of the way which was good, and arrived at 2ish. The others' train turned out to arrive later than ours which was strange as they left earlier than us. We got some crisps and sat in a waiting room for about an hour until they arrived. Our coordinator knows the people there and arranged for them to pick us up which ended up being a bit problematic as we didn't know who was picking us up and every time someone came up to us to ask for a selfie we thought it was him picking us up.
Eventually we tracked him down and had a 15 minute ish journey to the hostel. We checked in and found our beds, then sat in the communal area chatting to people. One of the hostel workers showed us to the roof which was cool but it was soo hot. I said I needed to go to an ATM and he offered to take me on his scooter. I wish I had pictures because it was amazing!! Literally the best thing ever it was soooo much fun! I got cash out and we went back, and signed up the golden temple tour that evening. We left around 8pm and walked the 1km to the temple. We had a guide who you pay a donation to, dome through the hostel, and we saw the temple and then went to the community kitchen. It was amazing to see; it's the holiest Sikh temple in the world, and they feed between 50,000-100,000 people every day with free meals. We had Dahl, flatbed and rice pudding which was so nice but the experience of it was the best part.
We finished the tour at about 11 and walked back to the hostel. We had planned to go and watch the sunrise the next morning but we decided we were too tired and to go on Sunday instead. We were all still really tired though so went to bed pretty quickly anyway.
Laura x
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