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India🇮🇳Becoming an honorable guest on an Indian wedding

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In the next city, Jodhpur, I stumbled upon a wedding taking place in the middle of the street. I was invited, and soon I, or rather my height and skin color, became the guest of honor and had to walk alongside the groom and take photos of everyone with my iPhone (by now, I had learned not to ask why in this country).

Traveled route: Ganges, Varanassi, Agra, Taj Mahal, Buland Darwaza, Jaipur, Fatehpur Shekhawati, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Bundi, Udaipur, Mumbai, Goa, Hampi
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In Rajasthan, the province I was in, there are many fantastically interesting places. The next one was Jaisalmer, and at the bus station in Jodhpur, I found a willing man to show me the bus to Jaisalmer. He took me to an empty bus, and he sat next to

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