Train Carriage

Varanasi to Mumbai

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October 20th 2007
So Varanasi lived up to all expectations. I took the early morning boat trip down the Ganges to see the bathing rituals and also cremations of bodies on the Burning Ghats. It had rained, for the first time since I have arrived in India - and coincidentally about 12 hours after I had posted my waterproof jacket and other "I dont need these items" back to the UK - and the sky was overcast and misty ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more