Posts Tagged with "india"

Friday Postcard: Ladakh, India

Friday, July 30, 2010

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Friday Postcard: Ladakh, India

Today’s photo was contributed by frequent commenter Abhijit from The Corny Traveler’s Chronicles: This is a photo I took at the Fotu La Pass en route to Leh (Ladakh,India) from Srinagar (India). The Fotu La is the highest point on this road, and is located at a height of 13,479 ft (4,108 metres), and one [...]

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Friday Postcard: Varanasi, India

Friday, April 30, 2010

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Friday Postcard: Varanasi, India

These postcards are from the financial guru Young and Thrifty from her trip to India. She says: The first one a temple along the river.  This was taken just as the sun was rising, so it was eerily quiet. The second was is a sunrise on the Ganges river…I think there was a deceased cow [...]

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Monkeying Around in Udaipur

Thursday, April 15, 2010

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Monkeying Around in Udaipur

Last time we heard from Alex Budak he was exploring a temple full of sacred rats in India. He’s returned to share another of his bizarre stories (he seems to attract them). While less horrifying than the last, this one is definitely PG-13: Scarves, rugs, and tea boxes — to be honest I was pretty [...]

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Inside the Rat Temple with Alex Budak

Sunday, November 8, 2009

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Peering around a dark, damp corner, in search of my source of good luck, I was startled as I felt a strange combination of fur and flesh touch my foot.  I looked down and saw a huge rat sidling up to me, and before you can say “Karni Mata” I was out of there. About [...]

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