Silvano On The Go

There was the Hindi side of India - The Golden Triangle, consisting of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur and then Goa, where Christianity had more of a presence than the former. But let me start at the beginning.  After years of putting off this destination - I finally bit the bullet - after even more procrastination. Despite Asia being my favourite continent, I struggle greatly with stray dogs, and the rabies rate on the continent makes it even more difficult. Knowing Indian had the highest numbers of both meant I kept putting it off in favour of other Asian countries with (allegedly) slightly less strays. But having now visited so many countries on the continent, my options were beginning to run low. I decided at the start of 2025 that this would be the year! I had just begun to get serious about my plans, looking at itineraries, airfares etc. when the Kashmir incident occurred in April, sparking a dangerous escalation between Pakistan and India. That scared me. I put the breaks on and deci...