my room at Kumiko's

Valeriavine in Varanasi

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April 13th 2006
Was this city made for me or what?!!!!!! thanks to everyone's good wishes before i departed, my trip seems to be flanked with many guardian angels (or Ganeshes as they say here). I am staying in the Kumiko Guest house in the Old city. The Guest house is run by the illustrious Kumiko San and her Indian husband and international son. the heat here is dry and baking and there is not much to do at ... 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