Bla being blessed Hindu style by Lakshmi the Hampi elephant

India

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January 18th 2007
Last episode we were leaving Nepal and heading over the border to India.... We arrived on a bus in Varanasi surprisingly and disappointingly ahead of schedule as it left us sitting, paralysed by neighborly Nepali induced prejudice against scamming Indians, at a rat harboring diner at 2.30 am and no accomodation arranged. Got sorted anyway and awoke to take a deep breath of death soaked air and ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jodhpur

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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