{"id":2412,"date":"2015-08-09T12:11:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T12:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/?p=2412"},"modified":"2016-08-10T02:35:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T02:35:51","slug":"around-amritsar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/travel\/around-amritsar","title":{"rendered":"Around Amritsar"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 40%;\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"20%\" \/>\n<col width=\"80%\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>City:<\/th>\n<td>Amritsar, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Weather:<\/th>\n<td>98\u00b0, sunny<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Site:<\/th>\n<td>Walking around, Fort<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Activity:<\/th>\n<td>Shopping<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Amritsar had a very different feel. Especially coming from the mountain town of Shimla. It is dry, dusty, and very hot. It also has almost this gangster Punjabi feel, but people seemed more respectful than those in the touristy Golden Triangle area. After saying all that thought, Alex and I accidentally snuck into the old fort that was under repair and the guard was NOT happy. There were no signs, no closed doors. But that&#8217;s India for you&#8230; You don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s allowed and not allowed until you do it and get yelled at. Happened almost every day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 510px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpid-Photo-20150809081120058.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"blogsy-1439122304987.591\" src=\"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpid-Photo-20150809081120058.jpg\" alt=\"Punjab Police bus in Amritsar, India\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Punjab Police bus in Amritsar, India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 510px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpid-Photo-20150809081120684.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"blogsy-1439122304982.391\" src=\"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpid-Photo-20150809081120684.jpg\" alt=\"burlap sacks falling over each other in Amritsar, India\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">burlap sacks falling over each other in Amritsar, India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 510px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpid-Photo-20150809081121033.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"blogsy-1439122305034.6577\" src=\"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpid-Photo-20150809081121033.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander climbing stairs in Amritsar, India\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander climbing stairs in Amritsar, India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 510px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpid-Photo-20150809081121489.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"blogsy-1439122305053.4436\" src=\"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpid-Photo-20150809081121489.jpg\" alt=\"Abandoned fort in Amritsar, India\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abandoned fort in Amritsar, India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 510px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpid-Photo-20150809081121908.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"blogsy-1439122305010.6104\" src=\"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpid-Photo-20150809081121908.jpg\" alt=\"mule and his heavy load of wood in Amritsar, India\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">mule and his heavy load of wood in Amritsar, India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City: Amritsar, India Weather: 98\u00b0, sunny Site: Walking around, Fort Activity: Shopping &nbsp; Amritsar had a very different feel. Especially coming from the mountain town of Shimla. It is dry, dusty, and very hot. It also has almost this gangster &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/travel\/around-amritsar\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2475,"href":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412\/revisions\/2475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lineandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}