On way home from School

From the Taj Mahal to the Amber Palace

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September 27th 2008
Another Day, Another City We arrived back at the hotel to leave again to the bus station for a 7 hour bus trip to the city of Jaipur. So can you imagine what a 7 hour bus ride is like were there are now real motorways, no indicators just the sound of the car horn, Cows (Yes cow again) no real air conditioning, big holes in the roads and half way to Jaipur the driving pulls over because ... 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