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Taj Mahal

Took our second overnight train from Varanasi, arriving only 3 and a half hours late to Agra. Streets are very dirty and there's obviously been a lot of rain - there is water everywhere. there are people and animals and rubbish everywhere too. It's a bit of a dreary day and megan's fluey, so...

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megankevin on February 10, 2007 from Agra, India

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Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal was big

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Matt & Ange on February 10, 2007 from Agra, India

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trip to south asia

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lucky on February 10, 2007 from Kolkata, India

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Ghats

Got up early and still cold and wet, Megan did some yoga breathing with the guide. Headed of on the boats again for the last leg, the rowers must be really tired one has a big blister on his hand. Our boat arrived at Varanasi about 2pm, shit everywhere, people just come down to the river to...

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megankevin on February 8, 2007 from Varanasi, India

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Arrival at the oldest hindi town

Arrival to the oldest hindi town was, what can we say..... unique. We arrived by our rowing boats to the local people doing "their business" on the side of the river bank!! A pretty sight! We landed on the river bank next to one of the ghats. A short walk to our hotel and finally a shower -...

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James & Tracey on February 8, 2007 from Varanasi, India

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Slowly down the Ganges

Ganges was polluted, boat was relaxing

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Matt & Ange on February 7, 2007 from Varanasi, India

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Start of slowly down the ganges

After about a 12 hour train journey overnight and many of the workers calling "Chaye, nescafe, bolly wattle". we finally arrived at Mirzapur. We had the luxury of a hotel room for 1 hour to have a shower and eat breakfast (2 rooms for 12 of us!) At least the water was a reasonable...

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James & Tracey on February 6, 2007 from Mirzapur, India

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Going down the Ganges

The train station at Delhi was mad - so many people and all pushing to get where they're going. the train, when it finally arrived, was so long - and we were at the other end to our sleeper carriages!! made it through the bustle finally and found our beds for the night - bunks three high. ...

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megankevin on February 6, 2007 from Mirzapur, India

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Arrived in India!

Arrived in Delhi in the early hours of the morning - the horns started before we even left the airport!! There was traffic everywhere - even at 4am. Auto-rickshaws, bikes, buses, cars, pedestrians - the lot! the driving consists of honking and swerving! Indians have the most amazing spatial...

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megankevin on February 4, 2007 from Delhi, India

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Arrival in Delhi

Hello All Just thought we'd let you all know that we arrived here safely. Was a bit of a shock at first - finding out that transfer from airport wasn't included and we had to find our own way across a manic Delhi to our hotel (with only the hotels name!!) Today we ventured out into...

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James & Tracey on February 4, 2007 from Delhi, India

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