Rickshaw to Margao Train Station

Vagator Beach, Palolem -> Jaipur

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February 18th 2009
So, here I am a couple weeks after arriving in India. Since the last entry, we haven't been doing much in Goa other than a few simple, yet all equally important things. Getting to Palolem was quite an experience. Jumping on bus after bus, some of them crowded as hell. I'd have to say that it was my first sense of "culture shock" I got. As we drive through the villages, I see families huddled u ... 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