Varanasi

Dusty roads and spiritual Varanasi

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October 25th 2008
We have been told a couple of times that you cannot prepare yourself for India. And we think this is true! No guide books, no conversations with Indian friends or people who have traveled here before can prepare you for this first time India experience. And as we always tend to do we decided to go 'full on' and had chosen Varanasi as our first destination after we left Nepal via bus. But let's tel ... 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