Train Rider 2

3 Days in Holiness, 30 Hours in Mayhem

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February 17th 2012
Namaste – and a disclaimer, this is not a blog entry for the squeamish as it involves death in a very real context! Varanasi – when I think of this place, I think of a city that embodies the Indian spirit to the utmost; the spiritual energy, the noise, the smells, the cows... it truly is a place that captures every essence of India in one place and displays it in all its glory. I was thril ... 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