Train from Gorakhpur to Varanasi

Holy Shit!

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December 22nd 2009
To leave Gorakhpur (what a dump) we hitched a ride in a second class train carriage to Varanasi. 2AC essentially means that you share a small ‘cabin’ between 4 people, each of whom has their own bunk bed. As with all our other experiences of Indian trains this one was good as well. The bottom beds convert into a chair during the day and within a few minutes of leaving we were each provided wit ... 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