May 28, 2005
A Last Taste of the Subcontinent: Amritsar and Delhi
My return to India snapped me right back into the differences between that country and Pakistan. I had to bargain for several minutes for the rickshaw ride back to the bus stop, and fend off several taxi drivers at the...Read this update
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April 11, 2005
Whistle Stops in Agra and Amritsar (last in India for now)
The train trip from Varanasi to Agra was actually fairly boring. For once there were many other tourists on the train (this trip was the only one of my five train journeys in India where I saw even ONE other...Read this update
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April 07, 2005
Holy Cities of Northern India: Bodhgaya, Varanasi and Sarnath
My first train trip in India began in pleasant fashion. I climbed aboard the Capital Express (all of the major trains in India [and there are hundreds of them] have names) at New Jalpaiguri Station and found my seat. I...Read this update
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March 29, 2005
A Soft Landing in India: The Hills of Darjeeling
I crossed the border from Karkhabitta Nepal to Panatanki India at about 4:15 in the afternoon, and while there wasn't any major physical boundary (just a medium sized river, smaller than several I'd crossed in Nepal) it was quickly clear...Read this update
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