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Cows, dogs and holy water: greetings from Varanasi

A travel blog entry by suzymartin

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... staying next to the main funeral ghat, where bodies are continually being brought to the river, before being cremated. There's a strange feel about the place (to us), with many people stood around watching -sometimes uncovered- bodies burning, but it's not necessarily sombre. There's also a lot of bathing going on, and beautiful 'puja' ceremonies every evening. The combination of beauty; ...

New Years Eve - Varanasi to Agra

A travel blog entry by david.j.dawson

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... his first surmon and then to visit a temple in the afternoon. Tonight we are on a sleeper train bound for Agra (Taj Mahal). We plan to celebrate New Years Eve on board the train and celebrate New Years Day in Agra. What a way to start the year visiting such an historic monument.

Wishing everyone a Happy and Safe New Year and all the best for 2012

Until my next update,
Safe Travels,
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Don’t eat Mom

A travel blog entry by jonpoland

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... we can be reborn as any form of sentient being. Plus we’ve experienced countless lifetimes. So it stands to reason that every being at some point has been our mother. I was having a Hawaiian pizza for lunch the other day (which actually tasted pretty much like what you would expect, except that the dough was essentially naan), when it occurred to me that the ham had been my mother at some point. This didn’t stop me from eating it, but it ...

Understanding Varanasi

A travel blog entry by bellethorpe

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... the sublime love for gods. Our boatman told us the 10 rupee price we paid was normal and so we paid for two of them, made a wish and set them free to bob along the Ganges.

As we approached Manikarnika we started to feel something different. What we were witnessing really was incredible. According to the Hindu mythology, being burned there provided an instant gateway to liberation from the cycle of births and rebirths.
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Yoga, lunar eclipse and travel to Mumbai

A travel blog entry by kimmy-t

... dinner (fail – I ate all my food supplies within a couple of hours!) and I started to think properly about where I wanted to head after India.

Thing is, I literally could go anywhere in the world as long as my funds last as I have no flights booked, but that in itself causes a dilemna as there are so many countries I would like to visit and I don’t have enough time or money for it all. I know I want to have left Asia by the 1st March so that’s a ...

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