Varanasi and the Ganges Photo 35

Varanasi and the Ganges

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April 4th 2011
After enjoying Agra we were ready to catch the train to our next destination… Varanasi. The story of how we even got the tickets is long and I won’t bore you with the extended version but it includes being shuffled through 5 different ticket lines at the station before still leaving empty handed, then eventually getting them through another ticket office… only to find out that we were overch ... 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