Varanasi

India Leg 1. Varanasi - Rishikesh

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January 8th 2008
Hello all, we trust you had a very happy Christmas and New Year! We did miss everyone. Andrew is still in recovery after missing out on his "favourite meal of the whole year," his mum has promised to cook a Christmas dinner especially when we get back in September! Gifts from each other were a bit disappointing and very fleeting, on Christmas Eve we exchanged mini-toblerones then sat in our hotel ... 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