Category Archives: india

india

How could I ever describe India? I think this sums it up perfectly (from Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah Macdonald): gorgeous spashes of color and beauty flash among the filth, the flies and the forlorn… What an adventure…

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merry christmas!

Christmas Day 2006 started on the train, but we arrived at the Varanasi train station at about 4:30 am. We met our driver there, who told Jeff that his car was on the other side of a bridge and that … Continue reading

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the goat

I have to preface this story by saying I hadn’t slept much in our (crappy) hotel room in Agra on Saturday night, then only napped on and off on the train Sunday, so by this time (about 6:00 or 7:00am … Continue reading

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varanasi

We had quite an adventurous day of travelling on Christmas Day in Varanasi, I’ll put some of those details in another entry. Varanasi is amazing. It is the city of Shiva – one of the holiest cities in India for … Continue reading

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agra to varanasi

We said good-bye to the Lucky Man at the train station in Agra. We were excited to be heading out on the next leg or our journey – Rajasthan and the Taj were very beautiful, but we were glad to … Continue reading

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