Start of Rafting Trip

Rafting In the Himalayas

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August 15th 2008
August 9, 2008 Today I am glad to say I am alive for two reasons: surviving river rafting and the highway (gravel pathway) from Leh to Manali. These two adventures are why I bought medical insurance and upped my life insurance before I left Canada. The Zanskar and Indus rivers are a relatively tame duo compared to the roads, and why I did prefer taking the river than the road down from the t ... 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