View over Delhi from our rooftop terrace

Delhi

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January 19th 2008
What a start to our travels! Delhi has been a mixture of good and bad from the moment we arrived. The journey from the airport was an experience - cows in the middle of busy roads, children jumping out in front of cars trying to sell things, women wearing sahris riding side saddle on the backs of moterbikes - and the road system - !!!! - what road system !!! The 'main bazaar' where our litt ... 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