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Slowly Down the Ganges
Slowly Down the Ganges
Author: Eric Newby
On his forty-fourth birthday Eric Newby, a self-confessed river lover, sets out on a 1200-mile journey down the Ganges River from Hardwar to the Bay of Bengal, accompanied by his wife Wanda. Things do not start smoothly as they run aground 63 times in the first six days, but gradually India's holiest river, The Pure, The Eternal, The Creator of ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780864426314
ISBN-10: 0864426313
Publication Date: 9/1998
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Journal of 1200 mile trip down the Ganges River from Hardwar to the Bay of Bengal. Traveling in a variety of boats, bus and bullock cart. Full of engaging characters, entertaining anecdotes sights/sounds, frustration/rewards and sheer enchantment of travel in India


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