Bihar

This is a brief description of mine & Angela's round the world trip of 2009 - 2010.

We are journeying to India with 10 other warm and wonderful souls. Our trip begins just after Christmas.

What should have been a 4 hour overnight train ended up being a 7.5 hour overnight wait at the Varanasi train station and a morning departure for another 4 hours to Gaya, Bihar. From Gaya a short tempo ride to ...

... , it felt quite entrancing. It must be said though that although this two sights were worthwhile seeing, we were keen to leave the Bihar state. It is one of the poorer states in India and consequently one of the least educated. This meant that few people ...

... and the road got worser. As the milestone read, Jehanabad 33km - my colleague uttered...this place is called the Kashmir of Bihar. And me like a bloke took out my camera hoping to see some picturesque frames. As we were driving through the town...I ...

... .org/chanbuddhism-heartsutratranslation/ So I've been staying in a small town named Bodhgaya in the northeastern Indian state of Bihar.  Bodhgaya is not as much a town as more a Buddhist working center surrounded by Indian farms and rural ...