The Body

Varanasi

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March 15th 2008
It's terribly nice here. We arrived a little scheptical because it is renound (in lonely planet and these two random dutch people) for being dangerous. Indeed these things may be right, but not for us so far...Very Nicey Varanasi. Upon arrival we were hassled, as expected, by men offering a rikshaw ride to varanasi. This was about 5:30 in the evening and it would be getting dark pretty shortly ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Bharatpur

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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