Luang Prabang, Laos Forget Vientiane and its crowded streets and head to Luang Prabang, a beautiful city in central Laos where the Mekong River and Nam Khan River meet and where Buddhist temples and architecture are simply beautiful. Luang Prabang…
Read moreEvery year, Holi is celebrated throughout India, from North to South, as well as by Indian communities abroad. This Hindu religious holiday, which marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring, is celebrated during the full moon of…
Read moreA land of migrants since time immemorial, Gujarat has given India two of its most charismatic leaders: Gandhi and Patel. Ahmedabad was for a long time the capital (now dethroned by Gandhinagar) but the city has kept from its former…
Read moreSwarming, noisy, extremely polluted and bottled… Delhi can be a shock for the traveller who has just arrived from the West, suddenly immersed in this city in perpetual change, where extreme poverty coexists with wealth, without transition. But the Indian…
Read moreIn the imagination of Westerners, this great country is associated with a whole bunch of often misleading images, which means that it has been difficult to perfectly understand what we will find there. And if you don’t know a country,…
Read moreThe predominant religion is Hinduism (about 82%). But major mystical currents – within Hinduism or derived from Hinduism (Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism) – as well as Muslim invasions and Western colonization have generated one of the most diverse religious landscapes in…
Read moreIndia promises you an extraordinary culinary journey! Rich and varied in every respect, it does not fail to live up to its reputation when it comes to gastronomy. Some rules to respect, however: If you are allergic to spices, rest…
Read moreTogether with Pakistan and Bangladesh, India forms what the British called the Indian subcontinent at the time. Detached for thousands of years from Asia, it is now connected to the Asian continent through the Himalayas. India occupies most of this…
Read moreWest Bengal is located in eastern India. It has 75 million inhabitants and an area of 87853 km2. The capital of the state is Calcutta. Bengali is spoken there. North Bengal is dominated by the Himalayas while the south is…
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