Vatsyarajghat

Varanasi come home

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March 13th 2007
Sick of buses, our next journey saw us leap onto the night train to the holy city of Varanasi, on the banks of the Ganges. Ant was particularly excited about getting on a sleeper, an enthusiasm which slowly ebbed away as the hours of discomfort, noise and sleeplessness took hold. Every journey, it seems, has at least one event to make it stand out. On this occasion, it was the poor bloke 2 bunks b ... 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