Our Room at the Taj Mahal Hotel

TO THE NORTH OF INDIA

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April 6th 2009
We returned from Varanasi on the overnight train, always an experience and sometimes a good one. Indian trains are clean enough, with linens supplied at bedtime each night and a “western” toilet to drop your poop right on the tracks. They aren’t as much fun as the Chinese trains but a lot cleaner than those in Vietnam and Thailand. Tom had planned a special treat for the layover between ... read more

Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh

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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