Written by I recently left my Software Engineer job to pursue a PhD in computer vision and have a few months before it begins, so I proclaim this The Summer of George Aly!
I’ve decided to go traveling in India and am actually writing this post from a hotel in Manali overlooking the Himalayan mountains.
The view from my hotel balcony
The first stop was Amritsar, Punjab. Here I visited the Golden Temple, which is one of Sikhism’s most holy places as it houses the Adi Granth, which is the Sikh holy book. It is called Golden as the temple itself is covered in gold, which was done for protection rather than beauty both of which have been achieved.
The Golden Temple in the day
The Golden Temple at night
I visited in the day and at night as the views are very different. At both times there were many pilgrims taking dips in the holy lake, however at night the temperature is more bearable and I queued to go inside the temple (no photography allowed).
A pilgrim taking a dip in the holy lake
The photos look awesome! Especially the mountain view from your balcony
That must be a very pleasing site. Also Golden Temple at night looks very nice - kinda reminds a little bit of the poojas that happened on the ghats in Varanasi 
Looks brilliant mate. Glad you're having fun. But please don't turn into another typical photoblogger. More piss-taking please—it's India, after all.
its great stuff. thanks for sharing...waiting for your next update.