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Prithivinarayan Travel Guide

Gorkha is a town located halfway between Pokhara and Kathmandu. It is the home of the unifier of Nepal, King Prithvi Narayan Shah. Gorkha is only a half-day ride from Kathmandu or Pokhara, thanks to the Prithvi Highway and a 20 kilometer road that runs from Khaireni. In the last few years, more and more [...]

Vaparala Travel Guide

Vaparala (or Veparala) is one of the major panchayat (group of villages) in the town or mandal of Mylavaram, which is itself a part of the geographic region of Rayalaseema in the Kadapa (or Cuddapah) district of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Most of the people in Vaparala are Telugu ethnic people and [...]

Keruak Travel Guide

Keruak is a village in southeast Lombok not too far from Tanjung Luar, and is known for the quality of the traditional canoes made by local craftsmen. These skilled residents of Keruak congregate just south of the intersection that passes through the town center. You can see them working on the sides of the main [...]

India Travel Guide

Light India is a land of mystique where shades of timelessness permeate everywhere. This is evident in the bullock carts that meander slowly down the paved highways, almost oblivious to the air-conditioned buses and monstrous trucks that surge past; experienced in the cave shrines of Ellora and Ajanta where prehistoric religious art instill an eerie [...]

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