Along the Ganga

Varanasie is a different story.

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December 22nd 2009
It was cold in Darjeeling but necessary to stay overnight since Malin was showing symptoms of rabies, she was bitten by a 'cute' dog in Sikkim, Astonishingly enough the doctor said all was normal! The bags we're getting to heavy so two medieval looking packages wrapped in cheese cotton sealed with candle wax were sent home, We hopped into a full shared taxi jeep and got out of the city just befo ... 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