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The ride to Mahabalipuram hugged the eastern coastline of India, passing through many small villages. It was a beautiful ride, palm trees, rice fields, cow and goat herds, blue skies. Picturesque. Though Mahabalipuram is only 90 miles from Chennai, i..

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We were dropped of in Mysore just in time to catch the Mysore Palace illumination that happens every Sunday evening. It was very much like a fair or carnival. The surrounding gardens were packed full of people: locals, Indian tourists, and westerners..

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After a good night’s sleep in one of Mandawa’s haveli-hotels, we headed to Bikaner. We arrived around noon, saw Junagarh Fort and a Hindu temple, had lunch, and then did what we came to Bikaner to do: a camel trek.

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From Kolkata (Calcutta) we headed north to the Himalayas and to the old colonial Hill Station of Darjeeling, home to some of the best tea in the world. I (Gerry) was particularly keen to get away from the cities and head for the hills. We got an over..

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The Shatabdi Express is one of India's more famous express trains, leaving Delhi for points north and south. The Indian railway system is humongous, and apparently the railway employs two million people in one capacity or another. Think of that payro..

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This entry describes a three day trek from Gangotri to Gaumukh, the source of the Ganges River in Uttaranchal, Northern India. The Ganges is formed from a glacier in the mountains above Gangotri some 20 km away. The river is called the Bhagirathi her..

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Ranthambhore national park is in the middle of absolutely nowhere, the nearest town Sawai Madhopur is a collection of houses and stalls and not a lot else. The reason to come here is to go on a tiger safari into the park in the hope of seeing one of ..

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We left the next evening for the holy city of Varanasi. It is a holy city because it is located on the banks of the River Ganges, the "mother" of India, and is considered to be one of the oldest cities in the world, at least 2000 years old. It is con..

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Many years ago, my husband (we weren't married then) had tossed a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome promising that he would be back with me. I have a feeling he conveniently did not mention when because that did not happen until recently with two gr..

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My first destination in Madhya Pradesh was the small village of Orchha. I took an overnight train from Delhi to the city of Jhansi and from there a shared taxi the 10 km to Orchha. Orchha was the capital of a powerful Rajput kingdom in the 17th cent..

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