Mumbai

Mumbai

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January 2nd 2009
Mumbai surprised me in many ways. I really did not expect to like it at all, yet ended up really enjoying myself. The first thing that strikes you about Mumbai is the increase in the cost of living compared to the rest of India. We paid the equivalent of $50 AUD to stay in what can only be described as a white windowless box 2x2 meters squared. After 6 hours of sleep in there (if we actually slept ... 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