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Christmas in a Hindu country, almost turning India into a second North Korea
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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 22 July 2024
Updated on 22 July 2024
Christmas Eve was on the agenda. I had no idea how to celebrate it in a predominantly Hindu country. But with a few others, we found a local fireworks shop that sold the most gigantic firework packages. We decided to keep it simple and bought a package for five euros.
However, these rockets exploded so loudly that you could feel the explosion in your stomach when they were launched, even though we were at least six meters away. In the sky, they put on a show that would make Chinese New Year in Singapore jealous. I dare not think what would have happened if we had set off the fifty euro packages, but I‘m afraid America would think they had another North Korea on their hands.
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Traveled route: Ganges, Varanassi, Agra, Taj Mahal, Buland Darwaza, Jaipur, Fatehpur Shekhawati, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Bundi, Udaipur, Mumbai, Goa, Hampi
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