The Ghats

Varanasi

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February 21st 2009
OK Varanasi! I last blogged in Dehli and we were just about to get on an overnight train to Varanasi. So the train was fine, although we were sharing with an annoying pair of French women who insisted on going to sleep at 8pm, which meant that caz and I were banished to our top bunks for nearly 12 hours! very uncomfy! I soon woke them up with a bang in the morning! So Varanasi was pretty amazin ... 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