Theyyam performer in Kannur

Special K

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December 25th 2007
Our next stop is the beautiful state of Kerala. You get so much here: highland tea & coffee plantations, beaches, backwaters, twisting roads, jaw-dropping views & more. They call it "God's Own Country". We travel by overnight bus through jungle and roads which have been mostly washed away by monsoon. The bus lists wildly at one point and we both think that it is going to turn over. We are spared ... 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