India 2018 (part XIII): Udupi
Udupi, Karnataka: My holiday ended in Aurangabad, but I traveled further to Manipal near Udupi in Karnataka to work at the local university for a couple of days. The Manipal […]
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India 2018 (part X): Lonar Crater
Lonar Crater, Maharashtra: We left Aurangabad in the early morning and travelled to a secret treasure of central Maharashtra: the Lonar Crater. The Lonar Crater formed about 50,000 years ago […]
India 2016 (part XLVI): Diwali in Jaipur
Jaipur, Rajasthan: After my return from Bharatpur and the Keoladeo National Park, Jaipur was celebrating the Hindu festival of lights: Diwali. The streets and major monuments were illuminated by millions […]
India 2016 (part XLII): Khajuraho
Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh: On the weekend following my short visit to Pushkar, I took the train to Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh (13.5 hours for 660 km!). Khajuraho is a small […]
India 2016 (part XLI): Pushkar 2
Pushkar, Rajasthan: Two weeks after my return from Himachal Pradesh, I joined a couple of friends for a day trip to Pushkar. Since my last visit to the holy town […]
India 2016 (part XXXI): Haridwar
Haridwar, Uttarakhand: After spending an afternoon in Rishikesh, I explored nearby Haridwar on the following day. Haridwar is where the Ganges leaves the mountains and enters the plains of northern […]
India 2016 (part III): Pushkar 1
Pushkar, Rajasthan: Following the outing to the step well of Abhaneri, another day trip brought me to Pushkar, 145 km southwest of Jaipur. Pushkar is a small town surrounding a […]
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