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Living on the ghats in Varanasi during the Kumbh Mela festival.
Varanasi in the morning

March 3rd 2013
I really messed up big time today. Our guide holds bus bazaar's after returning to the bus in crowded areas. It is a way to try to keep the hawkers at bay and ensure we don't overpay for a trinket. While visiting the Bodi tree in Sarnath I became interested in a carved elephant. I was pleased with myself for talking the hawker down to $20 and with Ray agreeing, purchased it. An hour later, ... read more
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Indian Flag 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
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