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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]
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] Blog: Kerala (Varkala - Kerala Backwaters - Kochi)
Date: December 18th 2008
After experiencing our first Indian overnight train (a surprisingly ok sleep, though as cleanliness was extremely questionable, we may have contracted some diseases) we arrived in Varkala which is in the state of Kerala. Interestingly, Kerala has one of the highest literacy rates in a 3rd world country with 97% of the population literate. Kerala is also very tropical, humid and hot... we have yet ... read more
Date: December 18th 2008
After experiencing our first Indian overnight train (a surprisingly ok sleep, though as cleanliness was extremely questionable, we may have contracted some diseases) we arrived in Varkala which is in the state of Kerala. Interestingly, Kerala has one of the highest literacy rates in a 3rd world country with 97% of the population literate. Kerala is also very tropical, humid and hot... we have yet ... read more
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