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RishiandGeetha - Rishi Haripersad

My wife and I are starting this blog to journal our travels around India and Nepal.
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Good Day Yesterday we visited Patan City in Nepal but unfortunately due to power failure I could not make use of the internet. Patan City also known as Lalitpur (City of Fine arts) and the oldest city in the valley.This Buddhist City is said to have been founded by emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BC. Patan is the cradle of arts and architecturew of the valley, a great centre both of the Newari Buddhist religion and of traditional arts and crafts with 136 bahals or courtyards and 55 major temples. Well known amongst these visited are Krishna Mandir, Hiryana Varne [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 10th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=435415]


Good Day We arrived in Delhi from Haridhwar at 12pm. After visiting Karol Bagh we retired to our hotel for the next leg of our travel. We had to get up early at 2.30am on Monday morning to get ready to be at the airport by 4.35am to catch our plane to Nepal which is an hour away from Delhi. We arrived at Kathmandu at 9.55am on a rainy morning and after clearing customs, visa and health check we were met at the airport by our travel agent who garlanded and ensured that all our luggage was taken care of for [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 8th 2009 | 56 Views | [diary=434863]


Good Day Following on our journey from Delhi, we arrived at Haridhwar at 1600 hours about 8.5 hours by car. On arrival we checked in at the Sun Hotel about half a kilometre from the River Ganges. Haridhwar is at the base of the Shiwalk hills is a town of temples,ghats and ashrams.Its location at the point where the Ganges leaves the Himalayas to begin its journey across the plains, makes it a particularly holy place. Every 12 years the kumbh festival attracts millions of pilgrims who come and bathe in the river. Our purpose for this trip was to participate [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 5th 2009 | 79 Views | [diary=434025]


Hi, My tour starts in Delhi which is the capital city of India steeped in history.It was the magnet which drew the Mongols. Turks, Persians, Afghans, Mughals and the British all of whic contributed to its glorious and turbulent past.The fascination with Delhi was such that even though it was abandoned many times its rulers returned to it again and again rebuilding it at least seven times. Today the twin cities of Old and New Delhi still intrigue Indians and tourists alike as the cultural and political capital of the largest democracy in the world. On our arrival at midday and [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 3rd 2009 | 45 Views | [diary=433577]