Renovating a boat in the traditional way

Without allowing one to be completely fleeced by an exorbitant tourist price - a boat ride on the river is to be recommended at any time - but specially at sunrise and sunset. Figure about Rs 100 for an hour if it's a guy you get to know.

Why I love India #5 - Varanasi

May 16th 2010
I first visited Varanasi as a young backpacker in 1980. I returned in 1982 intending to live there for some months and study Indian classical music form on my guitar (cut short by a ‘crisis’ enveloping a Swiss friend who then needed to be shepherded back to Switzerland via a Delhi clinic). I did not get to revisit the city again until 2009, just for two weeks, made all the more enjoyable afte ... 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

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