Tourists on Trained Elephants

Kaziranga National Park

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March 7th 2006
Kaziranga National Park is one of the last refuges for the one-horned rhinoceros. We also got to see wild elephants and wild water bufalo for the first time. Much of the park was covered with very tall grass and open meadows, which were great for viewing the rhinos and elephants. There were also a few tigers in the park, but we only caught a quick glimpse of one. This was the first park where ... read more

Asia » India » Assam

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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