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		<title>28. I.N.D.I.A.</title>
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The sun sets on India
Travel has the habit of changing people; in my experience, it does so in subtle yet potentially deep ways to travellers&#8217; perceptions, tolerances and lifestyles.  Conversely, my brief time in India caused blatant if ultimately superficial changes to my person.
Prior to India, as a born left-hander my right hand and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>27. I Fought the Law (and the law won)</title>
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Fine thanks: the reward for tackling Indian bureaucracy
Having visited the Taj I decided to move on from Agra, westwards to the &#8220;Pink City&#8221; of Jaipur, so-called because it was painted pink to commemorate the visit of Queen Vicky&#8217;s son in the mid-19th century.  I&#8217;m not quite sure why they chose pink of all colours [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackingindia.co.uk/i-fought-the-law</link>
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		<title>26. Taj Very Much</title>
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A beautifully-adorned outer door of the Taj Mahal
I woke up feeling transformed by the antibiotics I&#8217;d taken last night, and was well enough to amble down to the nearest pharmacy to pick up a full course of the Ciproflaxin that had set me back on my feet last time I had fallen ill.  By [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackingindia.co.uk/taj-very-much</link>
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		<title>25. Delhi Belly</title>
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The India Gate war memorial at the heart of New Delhi
I&#8217;d been flying across great swathes of India for about £30 a pop, so booking a flight last week for the mere hour-long hop from Leh to Delhi for a whopping £100 had caused me some consternation at the time.  That was with some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackingindia.co.uk/delhi-belly</link>
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		<title>24. Leh-ing Low</title>
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Leh Palace, which dominates the skyline of the dusty little town
Nestled deep in the mountains in a Ladakh valley carved by the Indus River, Leh was a delight &#8211; and a perfectly safe place to visit in the otherwise tumultuous state of Kashmir.  With apologies to Robert Frost, I&#8217;d taken the more travelled of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>23. Bad Altitude</title>
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A snowy vista in the Himalayas, Kashmir
The last we had seen of our legendary bus driver yesterday evening was him disappearing into a tent with the conductor and waving a large bottle of brandy, so we were dubious about an early start.  However, at 9am the bus was revving and beeping, so we settled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>22. The Roof of India</title>
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A jaw-droppingly gorgeous remote Himalayan valley on the Manali-Leh Highway
I&#8217;d planned to stay two nights in Keylong to reinforce my body&#8217;s acclimatisation to 3200 metres.  It was a small and charmingly remote place quietly pottering along in its own little valley, cut off from the rest of the world (literally, in the internet sense; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackingindia.co.uk/the-roof-of-india</link>
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		<title>21. Middle of Nowhere</title>
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&#8220;D&#8217;you think the AA will come out this far?&#8221;  A puncture near the Rohtang Pass
It was with some trepidation that I made my way down to the bus station to grab an onwards bus that would take me up into the Himalayas proper.  I was concerned about the effects that altitude sickness could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackingindia.co.uk/middle-of-nowhere</link>
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		<title>20. How d&#8217;you like them apples?</title>
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Old Manali: Firs, rushing rivers and mountain peaks
The next stop I had earmarked was due east to a hill station situated in the verdant Kullu Valley called Manali.  I very nearly missed my evening bus; the person who had sold me the ticket had relayed to me that the bus would stop &#8220;along the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackingindia.co.uk/how-dyou-like-them-apples</link>
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		<title>19. Want Tibet?</title>
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Buddhist prayer wheels at the base of Mcleod Ganj&#8217;s temple
From Chandigarh I boarded another state-run bus for the long and winding route through the hills up to Dharamsala, the hopping-off point for the popular backpacker destination of Mcleod Ganj.  The route seemed particularly chunder-inducing, and I was glad I was dosed up on travel [...]]]></description>
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