Tibetan Refugee Centre

Tea, Taxis and Turmoil

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January 12th 2006
Well I'm back in India now and having been feeling a bit homesick and worrying about money recently I'm now well on track to enjoying myself again. First impressions of Darjeeling weren't that good. I thought it was polluted and dilapedated and that the views were nothing special - especially having just come from such privaleged views. Things have changed though since meeting some cool people and ... 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