Guard near hotel

Varanasi and the Ganges river

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January 16th 2018
After a day of travel we were collected at the airport and driven to Varanasi. To our surprise we were then transferred to a boat to travel the rest of the way to our hotel. It was located at one of the Ghats ( steps to the river Ganges). It was foggy and a bit eerie. The hotel is in a 700 year old renovated haveli, a traditional, ornately decorated residence sitting over the Guleria Ghat. We w ... 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