Dawn cruise down the Ganges

Varanasi- Holy city on the Ganges

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December 12th 2006
We've been in Varanasi for two days now. After coming in by two hour train trip from Bodhgaya (the trip was nothing special this time), it took us about and hour to be almost ripped off twice. The first time was from the driver of the Autorickshaw. He greeted us as we left the platform and asked us where we were going. Usually i wouldn't even answer because the drivers who leave the pack of others ... 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