India, a visit in 1988

For me, the most accurate word to summarise India is “Amazing”. India is the most amazing place on earth. I can’t really describe it accurately. Here you can find the most colourful and diverse cultures, religions, arts, wealth, poverty, food and other things…..you name it, India has it. We started the journey from Calcutta, then Puri, Varanasi, Agra, Kajuraho, New Delhi, Rajasthan (Jaipur, Jodpur and Jaisalmer), Kashmir and Ladakh. Our visit to Kashmir was also very historical and very lucky, because soon after we left, more fighting broke out in the region and Kashmir was closed for tourists for a while. We had amazing memories of the place, particularly around Dal Lake in Srinagar, where we were based. One day, we are out canoeing; we suddenly heard some shooting in a distance. We saw some people running around in a panic, than we rushed back ashore and headed back to the houseboat where we stayed.