I came back from India after taking about 3 week vacation. After I landed in Amritsar and saw my bags getting destroyed by the broken conveyor belt I was pretty sure that this trip is going to be very stressful. But after that all seemed to go well and this trip was nothing but fun and relaxing.

I only visited two cities – Amritsar and Ludhiana. Some things have really changed since last time I was there 4 years ago. All those huge shopping malls with stores selling all the multinational brands, multiplex theaters, MacDonald’s indianized burgers tasting better than North American burgers and Pizza Hut yummiest “Paneer Tikka Pizza”.

Every 5th store seem to be a fast food shop selling different kinds of spicy foods and all of those are fully packed. Even though I was concerned about eating that  food, but it is very hard to resist. I didn’t miss on this opportunity.

One thing that hasn’t changed is the traffic and lack of discipline on roads. I call it the “Where I can see I have the right of way” law.  Bravo to the Amritsar Police who were trying to run a campaign to improve the traffic situation. Lets be hopeful that this will also change.

Overall a very fun and memorable trip.

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