Our hotel room!

India - Varanasi

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February 3rd 2011
DAY 26 3rd February2011 Our Guide arrived at 06.30am to take us on a sunrise boat ride on the Ganges as planned. There had been a lot of activity from about 05.30, so when we reached the riverside at 06.45 it was heaving with people, taking a bath, swimming, praying, washing clothes. We were rowed upstream (along with all the other tourists in their various boats!!) past our hotel room, to the ... read more

Asia » India

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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