Delhi 5

Delhi November 2

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November 2nd 2008
The trip over was perfect, uneventful, but it's a long flight. You can smell Delhi before you even see it. It's not what you might think; the smell is pungent, not very nice, but also, not resembling anything else you might be used to. Our first impression was denseness. There are people all over at a density we've never experienced. Everyone looks poor, many, maybe half, destitute. Half of ... 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