Boat ride down the Ganges at sunset

Varanasi

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February 8th 2011
Varanasi 29/01/11 - 31/01/11 Holy Cow!!! Where to start? Well lets start with cows. This place is even worse than Siliguri for cows. They are everywhere, not one place is appropriate! We even saw one walk up and down the train station platform (5 platforms not a tin pot station). They walk down the little lanes, sometimes charge, they appear to have acquired their own ghat, the ... 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