India on $5 and $10 a day

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"For India is not one but many countries, a fusion of many races, traditions and influences. To sit in the lakeside gardens of Hyderabad's yacht club sipping tea and nibbling cheese toast is to return to the leisurely days of the British Raj; to view the outlines of the Moghul palaces against the skyline at dusk or to attend the centuries-old rites of cleansing and worship on the banks of the Ganges at Varanasi is to plunge back into an even older era. And there's the India of today: the gigantic steel and electrical plants at Jamshedpur and Bhakra Nangal; the skyscrapers lining Bombay's waterfront; the discotheques of New Delhi and the sleek modern architecture of Chandigarh."
"Sri Lanka is serendipity land____Just one day of travel will
take you to a cosmopolitan city, a dense jungle, tropical seashores and craggy mountains. . . . Culturally there are dramatic transitions also: there are still those who exorcise devils with dancing and the beating of drums."
"In Nepal there... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"For India is not one but many countries, a fusion of many races, traditions and influences. To sit in the lakeside gardens of Hyderabad's yacht club sipping tea and nibbling cheese toast is to return to the leisurely days of the British Raj; to view the outlines of the Moghul palaces against the skyline at dusk or to attend the centuries-old rites of cleansing and worship on the banks of the Ganges at Varanasi is to plunge back into an even older era. And there's the India of today: the gigantic steel and electrical plants at Jamshedpur and Bhakra Nangal; the skyscrapers lining Bombay's waterfront; the discotheques of New Delhi and the sleek modern architecture of Chandigarh."
"Sri Lanka is serendipity land____Just one day of travel will
take you to a cosmopolitan city, a dense jungle, tropical seashores and craggy mountains. . . . Culturally there are dramatic transitions also: there are still those who exorcise devils with dancing and the beating of drums."
"In Nepal there is much to love—'fine-featured, smiling people, silvery streams, scarlet chiffon sunrises'—all guarded by great glistening Himalayas. As forbidden territory until a mere two decades ago, this tiny country has emerged with one giant foot in the 15th century and another, far smaller, inthe20lh."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jan Aaron's extensive travels have taken her to practically every part of India, as well as Sri Lanka and Nepal, the Far East, North Africa, Mexico, the U.S.S.R., South America and Europe. She is the author of "The Art of Mexican Cooking," a guide to travel and cuisine in Mexico, and numerous travel articles.

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