Varanasi

Varanasi

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March 27th 2010
...arriving early with +4h delay we started to make our way to the Hotel. This was a nightmare. We read and were told that the touts were tricky here, but the ones in front of the taxi stands were just something completely different. We headed to the stand to pick up a standard fare, you named the hotel and they gave you the fare for this area, but still the drivers were on about "NO, the hotel no ... 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