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Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - Posts

• Holier Than Thou, Varanasi, India - April 2nd - 4th, 2007

  I had never seen a dead body burning. I don't think that it's anything that you are ever really prepared to see. Still, there we were, looking at someone's loved one burning. Sitting along the Ganges or "Mother River" we were in Varanasi, the holiest Read More posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:26 AM by globetrotter | 0 Comments

• Beautiful Buildings and Ugly Gem Scams - Agra, India - March 31st - April 2nd, 2007

  We get into the Agra station at 9PM and hire yet another auto-rickshaw dude to drive us to the Sheraton.  Yes, we are staying in a Sheraton.  Agra is tourist city and using some hotel points for a free hotel stay sounded like a good plan.  Read More posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:21 AM by bill | 0 Comments

• Running From The Touts - Jaipur, India - March 29th - March 31st, 2007

  We got off of an overnight train from Udaipur in the town of Jaipur.  This is one of northern India's bigger cities.  We picked out a couple of hotels in the guidebook and set out on foot towards these places.  It was early morning and Read More posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:20 AM by bill | 0 Comments