Serving up popcorn in Rishikesh

Learning and daytripping

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September 6th 2008
As I said, this is a Turbo Tour: Early Saturday morning (after a fantastic breakfast in the hotel dining room), I made my way to the train station, where I quickly and easily confirmed my train the following day to Agra. I then jumped on a bus and rode the one hour bumpy, trafficky ride into Rishikesh. Once again, I was the ONLY foreigner on the bus. People stared at me. A lot. Rishikesh ... 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