I am now in Delhi. Here's a quck summary of recent events...
FEB 14. I visited the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Theresa and saw her grave. Kolkata also has man-powered rickshaws (a man runs pulling a cart with one or two people sitting on it). I didn't ride in one, but I convinced the rickshaw man to let me pull him! What looks we received - to see a foreigner pulling a rickshaw man down the street for about 3 minutes!
FEB 15. I saw the tree in Bodhgaya (Bihar state) where Siddhartha Gautama sat under 2,550 years ago and became enlightened ("Buddha").
FEB 16. I visited Varanasi and saw the holy Ganges river (holy to Hindus). Also visited Sarnath, a village nearby where Buddha gave his first sermon (at Deer Park).
FEB 17. Came to Delhi and saw the Red Fort and Jama Masjid (biggest mosque in India can hold 25,000 in the courtyard). Also saw the ghats where Indira, Rajiv, and Mahatma Ghandi were cremated.
FEB 18. Today I visited Mathura and Vrindivan and saw the place where Krishna was supposedly born. (Krishna - Hindu religion). Also visited Agra and saw its Red Fort and the Taj Mahal. Very spectacular building! Took night train back to Delhi tonight. Tomorrow I will fly back to China.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Calcutta to Delhi: Intriguing India
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