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Willettsworld Says: The guards are extremely tall, taller than me (i'm 6ft 2") which I'd not encountered elsewhere in India, and are just like beanpoles with big high shoes and wearing khaki uniforms with kind of red and yellow tartan belts and fans sprouting up out of their hats. The Pakistani...
Willettsworld Says: Young Indian girls started dancing and clapping on the road before the ceremony started and then a few people ran up and down carrying large Indian flags. A guy with a microphone was encouraging the Indians to shout "HINDUSTAN" (what the locals call India). The Pakistani's...
Willettsworld Says: As you walk round towards the grandstands you pass along the border itself which is fenced off with barbed wire and police on horseback. You then pass by the border gates which has one set with "INDIA" written on them and the countries national colours and the other set with...
Willettsworld Says: As you approach the border complex, you'll first see an entrance gateway going over the road. I walked along a path to the right that went right up to the border with police on horseback and high fences all around and then past the border gates. I then walked away from the...
Willettsworld Says: The border ceremony, on the border between India and Pakistan at Atari, is a surreal show of content. You can take a shared jeep to the border from outside the accomodation blocks within the Golden Temple (see my transport tips). You enter into a complex with concrete...
shintarojon Says: The Flag Lowering Ceremony of two nations are really exciting to watch! If you will visit India coming from Pakistan, better to cross the border first and wait anywhere in the atari border...anyhow, there are cafe/restaurants near the border for your rupees to spend! You...
Food Stall in Atari Border: Food Stall near the Border
shintarojon Says: Before entering the immigration office, you can take your breakfast or lunch in the food stall near the border. Be careful of the food you wil eat due to unsanitary preparation.The sandwich that has given to me was undoubtedly expired!!! Molds were present in every corner of...
Food Stall in Atari Station: Food Stall in the Station
shintarojon Says: (as of Jan. 22, 2004)Lunch:1. rice with dal - Rs 102. tea - Rs 2Dinner:1. omelette with chappati - Rs 132. mineral water - Rs 10
Willettsworld Says: If you hang around the dining hall entrance of the Golden Temple (near the accomodation blocks) you may get approached by someone asking you if you want a shared jeep to the border at Atari in order to watch the border ceremony. I hung around and a Sikh guy came up to me and...
l_joo Says: To get to Atari the best way is to use my way which is to take a trishaw from the Golden Temple to the bus station of Atari. I needed less than 2 hours to settle all the custom crossing procedures including buses and trishaws ride. I started from the Golden Temple by paying...
Atari Bus Terminal - Atari Border
shintarojon Says: (last date took the rickshaw - Jan. 28, 2004)Atari Bus Terminal - Atari BorderRickshaw fare - Rs 5From Amritsar Bus Terminal to Atari Bus Terminal, you can now take a rickshaw for Rs 5. But usually they charge foreigners for Rs 10 at the beginning but stand firm...just tell...
shintarojon Says: (date took the train - Jan. 22, 2004)From Lahore (Pakistan), we reached the border at 12:30 pmPassengers specially the foreign travellers were surprised when the immigration officer told us that the train will leave only at 8 in the evening!!!We waited in this station for 8...
Exchange Rate for your info.....
shintarojon Says: as of Jan. 22, 2004State Bank of IndiaForeign Exchange Bureau. Atari RailUS$ 1.00 = Rs 44.65US$ 10 = Rs 446.50
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as of Jan. 22, 2004State Bank of IndiaForeign Exchange Bureau. Atari RailUS$ 1.00 = Rs 44.65US$ 10 = Rs 446.50
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Don't have a second thought, just cross the border if you want to visit Pakistan. There were only few foreigners visiting the rival country of India so the visa stamping/processing was very easy!...
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Show of content at the border ceremony
The border ceremony, on the border between India and Pakistan at Atari, is a surreal show of content. The ceremony starts in the evening at about 5pm with a flurry of extra quick marching done by...
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Trishaw to Atari The bus from Amritsar dropped us at the last point for us to get on this trishaw to the border. You don't have to worry about "no trishaw", there's always too many trishaws until we...
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