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The Art of the Bargain: Haggling in India, Egypt, and the World’s Great Tourist Bazaars
We’ve haggled in the bazaars of Delhi and Jaipur, in the winding lanes of Agra, amid the incense and brass of Kathmandu, and under the call to prayer in Cairo’s markets. Sometimes we’ve brought a price down by a third. Sometimes by half. On a good day—when the rhythm is right, the smiles are genuine,…
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The Treasures Tourists Miss When They Travel to India
Five quiet invitations into the India that lives beyond the guidebooks & Instagram posts India is often introduced through crowded cities, postcard palaces, and a checklist of “must-sees.” Yet the country’s deepest beauty does not announce itself loudly. It hums. It breathes. It waits patiently in places most itineraries never reach. To truly encounter India…
