For Spring break I was going to stay in Sikkim with Nicole. It is absolutely beautiful there! Sarah, an American grad students helping us, offered her apartment in Varanasi to Lily, Nicole, and I. So we spent two more days in Gangtok, Sikkim then took an overnight train to Varanasi. It was so nice to have a space all to ourselves. We all did want we wanted, reading and visiting friends. Hemant was back from school so we got to hang out with him and Saurabh. We also got to see Manoj, Anandi, Shiv, Guria, Manish, Dali Ji, Debbie Ji and many of our friends. I liked Varanasi the first time but it was a hundreds times better going back to visit friends. Highlights: We went to Saurabh's village again and hiked to a waterfall. We
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