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India – Part Three – Goa
The final installment of my trip to India ends in Goa, a state in Western India on the coast of the Arabian Sea. I fell in love with Goa and it was the perfect spot to end our trip with some rest and relaxation. It was 33-40 degrees each day and we lounged under our beach huts while drinking and eating the day away. When it got just too hot to bear we would take a dip in the Arabian Sea. The water was like a bath tub and there were no shells, seaweed or rocks in sight. It was heaven! We stayed in an area called Arambol Beach and…
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India – Part Two – Varanasi
Our second stop in India was Varanasi, just a quick one hour flight from Delhi. Varanasi is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the entire world, dating back to 2000 BCE. It is also considered to be the holiest city in India. In Hindu tradition, Varanasi is the most sacred place for cremation, as it is believed that if one’s ashes are laid in the Ganges river they may escape the cycle of rebirth, aka ‘moksha’. I loved my experience in Varanasi. For some reason I found the narrow, twisted, labyrinth-like streets less overwhelming than those in Delhi. The ‘ghats’ made it easy to keep track of where we…
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India – Part One – Delhi
I just got back from a 2-week vacation in India and it was unbelievable. I went with a bunch of my bestest friends as well as my boyfriend to see our best friend Taylor get married. What an amazing experience!! We flew into Delhi on a direct flight from Vancouver…which equates to 14 hours of hell when you can’t fall asleep on the plane! We took a bus to Tender Heart NGO in Faridabad, the school we would be staying at for the first week of our trip. Taylor had volunteered at Tender Heart for ‘6 weeks’ a couple of years ago. ‘6 weeks’ quickly turned into 6 months and…
