Waiting for the next train

Mooching in Mumbai

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January 15th 2008
Arrived here late Friday night. Bit of a shock being on my own after the group bubble of the past few weeks. Was immediately besieged by taxi drivers and men waving hotel cards wildly at me when I stepped out the airport. Even after getting into the official taxi queue and into a metered taxi I was still nearly ripped off by a driver who wanted to charge me 1000 rupees (at least 4x the price) to ... 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