Varanasi

Varanasi our last stop in India

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December 23rd 2010
This time two trains to catch to get to Varanasi.. Our final destination in India! After an early breakfast with Heather and Nik we took a taxi to Ajmer to take the 11 o'clock train!! Easy peasy.. We where thinking this would take 2.5 hours, but instead looking out of our window we see the signs of Jaipur already after an hour and half. Jumping out of the train into the madness of Jaipur station. ... 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