A stunning sight in the late afternoon sun

Back to warmer climes

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April 10th 2009
So after a brief sojourn in the hills a quick flight (should have been but due to bizarre India bureacracy a wasted day at Siliguri airport (I really dont like Siliguri!) to New Delhi and straight out again on the train to Amritsar and the Pakistan border at Wagah. The golden temple is a truly wondrous and spiritual place. I spent the best partt of the day just taking in the atmosphere and the ... 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