Rosie and a boulder

Mamallapuram

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August 15th 2007
Left Calcutta early on Independance day, thankfully taxi drivers don't seem to bothered about this and were still working. Flew to Chennai, or Madras as it used to be known. We then set about getting down the coast to a town called Mamallapuram about 2 hours away by bus. After quite an uncomfortable 2 hours we reached our destination, found a hostel and spent the rest of the afternoon drinking bee ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more