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Very Nicey (Varanasi)

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March 15th 2008
After hearing many rumours about Varanasi both from people and guide books saying it is very dangerous, huge as a culture shock and well known for its tourist scams we were rather apprehensive of visiting. Due to the delay of our train from Gaya we arrived just as it was getting dark and so were not in the best of moods when trying to catch an auto rickshaw to a hotel we knew very little about. Co ... 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