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Farhang

Thailand Unique Experiences

Songkran in Thailand

Bucketlist alert! Words come short when it comes down to Songkran. One of the coolest, funniest and joyful national festivals we have attended yet! During Songkran Thai celebrate their New Year and give each other blessings with huge splashes of water. Young & old, men & women, locals & tourists; they all become one big family hunting each other down with water guns and buckets filled with ice water accompanied with music, dancing people and dressed up hero characters (we…

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India

The Taj Mahal And The Golden Temple   

The Taj Mahal and the Golden Temple, these great monuments should be the reason to travel to Agra & Amritsar. You can combine these two by traveling to Delhi first and catch the train to Agra (day trip) and/or Amritsar afterwards. The Taj Mahal It truly deserves the hype it gets. It’s the most beautiful monument we’ve seen in our lives so far and I am not sure if that’s going to change. It’s this massive thing built of gorgeous white marbled stone…

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Our On-Off Relationship With India’s Big Cities

We decided to visit Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi. Basically, there are more similarities than differences in the various cities. These large cities are describable as crowded, chaotic, dirty and stressful. Actually, you shouldn’t stay longer than 2 or 3 days. Delhi (especially South-Delhi) is much more developed though, compared to Bangalore and Mumbai. It has many touristy spots, like beautiful gardens, monuments and temples. The infrastructure, residencies and shopping areas look decent and better maintained. For one reason or another,…

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