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Friday Postcard: Virupaksha temple

Friday Postcard: Virupaksha temple

Posted on 09. Dec, 2011 by .

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Today’s colorful postcard is of the Virupaksha temple courtyard of Hampi, in Karnataka, India. It was provided by Debanjali, who blogs at Green Room, Blue Hostess. (Do you have a photo you’d like to see featured here? Email me at Steph@twenty-somethingtravel.com)

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Friday Postcard: Kashmir

Friday Postcard: Kashmir

Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by .

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A gorgeous snapshot of India from Tristan and Dominique of The Ultimate Round Trip: This photo was taken while we were in Srinigar, Kashmir in June, we took a Shikara (like a gondola) for a trip on the Dal Lake and came across this flower seller going about his daily business. (Do you have a [...]

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Friday Postcard: Mcleod Ganj, India

Friday Postcard: Mcleod Ganj, India

Posted on 17. Jun, 2011 by .

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Postcard today is from awesome reader and blogger Nicole Haber: It’s the view from the Dalai Lama’s residence. McLeod Ganj is a Tibetan exile community in an old British hill station on the foot of the Himalayas its about a 12 hour drive from Delhi. India is notably overwhelming for travelers. Beyond stomach sickness, many [...]

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Friday Postcard: Ladakh, India

Friday Postcard: Ladakh, India

Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by .

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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 Postcard: Varanasi, India

Posted on 30. Apr, 2010 by .

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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

Monkeying Around in Udaipur

Posted on 15. Apr, 2010 by .

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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

Inside the Rat Temple with Alex Budak

Posted on 08. Nov, 2009 by .

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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