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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Our Travels Around India

Our Travels Around India

On the Bus, Oldest

Paperback

Series: Middle-Aged Travel Adventures

Travel General

ISBN13: 9798362183738
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 4 2022
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

India... where do you start? Complex, busy, historical, tiring, beautiful, noisy, colourful, vibrant, mysterious, chaotic... In fact, all of those words would be apt.

Diverse is a great word after a lengthy time pondering that question. The reality is that it is a country the size of a continent, and as such, it has more than enough room for a mix of everything, from the snow-capped mountains of the Himalayan Mountain range in the north to sun-baked beaches with swaying palm trees around the coast. It is home to Varanasi, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Nestling on the banks of the River Ganges, it is a pivotal place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. At the other end of the spectrum is the bustling, modern metropolis of Mumbai, where the glamour of Bollywood, immense wealth and the slums sit side by side.

Our book covers all the places that we have visited and explored across our years of travelling in India. The stories behind the places and people we have met along the way. Hopefully, it is done with a light touch, enough to set the scene, without feeling like a history lesson. We like to think it has a sprinkling of humour, some from the characters we have met along the way, but others from incidents and our take, or interpretation, on certain things. This is our travel story, our take, so it may be that others who have ventured around this incredible part of the world have a different view.

In the north of the country, we shared in the joy and fervour of a partisan crowd at the Wagah Border closing ceremony, now that really is a spectacle as Indian and Pakistani Border Forces have their nightly march off. The following day, we took in the serenity and breathtaking beauty of the Golden Temple as we learn about the Sikh way of life and viewed the world's biggest canteen. We also discovered more about a shameful episode in Britain's colonial past, the Jallianwala Bagh, or Amritsar massacre.

A Golden Triangle tour plunged us into the forts, palaces and temples of the old world of Rajasthan to New Delhi, designed by an English architect at the height of the Empire. Stories of wealth and power from Maharajas and Mughal Emperors of the past, through to Agra and the love story behind the greatest monument to love, the Taj Mahal.

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