Swimming in the Ganges

The border, drunk on a train and a place I will find hard to leave...

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November 20th 2009
Greetings from Rishikesh, Well, I think I can safely tell you all that I feel I have finally got the swing of the traveling lark! and its certainly something that is going to be hard not to repeat in the coming years. Following on from the failed border attempt of the previous night myself, Olly (English), Lin (Vietnamese), Alan (Irish) and Nick (Aussie) (who I all met in the golden temple d ... 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