Kathakali Dance

Awaiting the backwaters

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February 18th 2006
Hello! I am now feeling much better you'll be pleased to hear! note to self: don't forget the hat ! We are now in a place called alleppy which is the main place to take a backwater tour of kerela from although we havent managed to organise that yet... Ooty was enjoyable apart from the sunstroke, and on the trek I managed to gate crash an engagement party! I asked a man in the village we sto ... 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