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Hands in the decoration point down to earth to remind owners to be humble

We took our last Indian train to return from Amritsar at 5pm yesterday. 6 hours of non-stop eating. It was a fast chair seat train so first we had a welcoming drink, then a bottle of water, then afternoon tea of snacks and tea, then tomato soup and roll and finally a curry dinner. Those waiters deserve their tips. Go to India just for the train journeys!
And if you want to learn about India, join a heritage walking tour. We visited a lane once called 'crawling lane'. A colonial woman had been assaulted there so therein after the Indians who went down it had to crawl on hands and knees; how about that for power? And of course the dreadful Jallianwala Bagh massacre cannot be forgotten.

  

Italian tiles decorate some of the old houses

Trees cannot be cut down so they go through buildings

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