Varanasi
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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 i... [read more]
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 i... [read more] Blog: Not a warm Welcome
Date: March 30th 2008
The train from Agra was 7 hours late so we unfortunately lost another day :-( When we finally arrived in Varanasi we had really bad hassle with riksha drivers and were pretty nerved in the end. Then when walked along the street a guy spat paan (the beetle nut stuff they chew) on me and another one grabed my ass. After walking along the dirty and stinky alleys we finally found a guesthouse and c ... read more
Date: March 30th 2008
The train from Agra was 7 hours late so we unfortunately lost another day :-( When we finally arrived in Varanasi we had really bad hassle with riksha drivers and were pretty nerved in the end. Then when walked along the street a guy spat paan (the beetle nut stuff they chew) on me and another one grabed my ass. After walking along the dirty and stinky alleys we finally found a guesthouse and c ... read more
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