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Varanassi - City of Life & Death

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April 28th 2010
City of Life & Death A 25 hour train journey (temperature still well into the 40s) brought us north to the famous holy river town of Varanasi. Nothing, and i mean nothing can prepare you for Varanasi. It is the world's oldest inhabited city, and boy do you feel it!! Ancient labyrinthine cobbled streets take you back, to an almost medieval era, time has stood still here....no taxi ... 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