Bathing in the Ganges

January 14th 2017
We arrived in Varanasi, taking a plane from Kajuraho, Spoiler: this will be a long post. There's so much to say about our experience on the Ganges. We arrived in Varanasi, a large bustling city which sees millions of Hindu pilgrims every year who come to go to the Ganges. and we did the same...had just a few minutes at the hotel before heading out to take a boat from a ghat on the Ganges. The plan ... read more

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I love to travel and to read other people's blogs of their trips and I've discovered that I enjoy writing about my travels. It helps me to remember what I've seen and done, as much as I enjoy sharing my travels with others. I've traveled internationally to India, Costa Rica, Iceland, Germany, Poland, Israel, London, Rhodes, South Africa, Amsterdam, Brussels, Italy, India, Peru, Spain and Portugal. (oh, and I spent a day in Zurich waiting for a flight!) In the US I've been up and down the East Coast and California, and places in Washington, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, Illinois, New... full info

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