Northern India's Golden Triangle
Awakened by the haunting first call to Muslim prayer at 4:30 a.m., we rode elephants up steep hills to Amber Fort, a massive citadel for Hindu rulers.
Awakened by the haunting first call to Muslim prayer at 4:30 a.m., we rode elephants up steep hills to Amber Fort, a massive citadel for Hindu rulers.
Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011
What if the perfect gift was actually a world away, on the other side of the globe, in an ancient city on the banks of a holy river?
Perry Garfinkel | Posted 05.25.2011
I arrived in Hinduism's holiest city on Judaism's holiest day. But how was I to spend Yom Kippur, a solemn day of atonement and fasting at the 5-star Nadesar Palace?
Rajan P. Parrikar | Posted 05.25.2011
In this holy place beats the heart of an ancient civilization.
Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011
I missed writing the blog last week! This was not due to any laziness or any other lame reason, but rather due to the fact that I was laid up in bed ...
Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011
Only in India do people comment on the experience of getting there ("this was fresher," said Vivek) rather than the destination itself.
Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011
I sat on a curb in the dark, the sun not yet lifted, watching dozens and dozens of people sleeping on the concrete, some beginning to rise, the breeze fresh from the Ganges.
Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011
The most fun experience one can have in India, if you have an extra twenty dollars, is take a street child to buy her new clothes.
Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011
There is nothing like waking up at dawn to take a boat ride down the Ganges, past the men standing mid-waist in water, placing their hands together in prayer and chanting.
Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011
The travelers who come to Ganges View Hotel are unusual: a sophisticated Danish woman who works with trauma victims in Iraq, Columbia and other war a...
Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011
Varanasi, the holy city of the dead, is a blast of life. Right from the train station, the roads are dense in clanking bicycles, women in black veils...
Scott S. Smith | Posted 05.19.2012