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December 30th 2011
Published: January 28th 2012
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We were up at 7AM ready to tackly Varanasi's Old City. Or so we thought. We took an auto rickshaw from our hotel to the Old City for 100Rs. I think it should cost more like 50Rs, but we didn't really care. One dollar each? Okay, I'm not going to haggle over 50 cents. When we got dropped off in the Old City, we didn't really know where to go. We wanted to have breakfast at Brown Bre... Read Full Entry



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I don't have a nickname, so I decided to use my AT'03 trailname for this blog even though it has nothing to do with the Appalachian Trail. That is a whole different story. I started teaching internationally in 2006 and finally had the money to travel overseas after dreaming about it for many years. I started blogging on a different site so I could share my travels with friends and family. That site recently revamped its format and all my pictures disappeared! So I decided to start this blog after a friend recommended this site. I usually try to include some helpful travel info for people who a... full info
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Not only was this cow wearing a necklace, it was stealing rubbish.
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