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Dancing skeletons and horny chickens
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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 31 August 2024
Updated on 31 August 2024
Christmas Day turned out to be just as special. We visited a local festival where we saw people dressed as skeletons or horny chickens dancing together. After many similar local dances, we tried to get a tuk-tuk back to the city. We quickly found one, and the driver quoted a price that was close to the local price, unfortunately with a reason: the tuk-tuk had maybe a tenth of the horsepower it should have.
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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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