Every late afternoon, just before sunset, members of the Indian and Pakistani military meet at the border to engage in a 30-minute display of pure theatre. The fl ag-lowering, closing-of-the-border ceremony is a fusion of orderly colonial-style pomp, comical goose-stepping and, considering the two countries rocky relationship, stunning demonstration of harmony. So popular is this event, that grandstands have been specially constructed to accommodate the patriotic throngs. pack ya bags
Government Museum & Art Gallery ART GALLERY (%2740261; Sector pack ya bags 10-C; admission 10,; h10am4.30pm Tue-Sun, pack ya bags free guided tours 11am & 3pm Tue- Sun, films 11am & 3pm Sun) This gallery has a sizeable collection, including phulkari (embroidery work) wraps made by Punjabi village women, metal work, Indian miniature pack ya bags paintings, contemporary art and Gandhara
Hotel Sunbeam HOTEL $$ (%2708100; www.hotelsunbeam.com; Sector 22-B; s/d from 2295/2695; ai) Sunbeam s rooms and service adequately shine, despite being a little dowdily decorated. They re reasonably furnished and have satellite TV, including the news channels BBC and CNN. The 24hour coffee shop, the Pillars, has a restaurant atmosphere, while the restaurant-bar, the Ambassador (mains 175 to 495), is dimly lit for surreptitious quaffi ng of cocktails.
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