The castle at Leh seen through prayer flags
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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 i... [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 i... [read more] Blog: Indias high Himalaya, Little Tibet or contestested ground?
Date: February 20th 2009
We boarded our old airbus A320 at Delhi’s Palam Airport. (They like to call it Indira Ghandi International, but I prefer the old name). Indian Airlines has been operating this type since 1990. I suspected that our aircraft was one of the first batch. My seat was worn, but soft, and the leg room sufficient for a man of 6’2”. The main benefit of these airbuses is that the Indians ordered ... read more
Date: February 20th 2009
We boarded our old airbus A320 at Delhi’s Palam Airport. (They like to call it Indira Ghandi International, but I prefer the old name). Indian Airlines has been operating this type since 1990. I suspected that our aircraft was one of the first batch. My seat was worn, but soft, and the leg room sufficient for a man of 6’2”. The main benefit of these airbuses is that the Indians ordered ... read more
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Raf lives on Pemba, a smallish Island in the Indian Ocean. 30 miles off the coast of Tanzania and surrounded by water 800-3000m deep, it is truly off the African continental shelf. Raf spends 8-9 months of the year running Swahili Divers and a beach camp called "the Kervan Saray" (or travellers rest house). When he is not diving, Raf travels the world aimlessly in search of places with few tourists and a large sense of history. He is rarely successful in finding "that place", but "its fun getting it wrong".
Raf can usually be found 90ft down on a coral reef in the Indian Ocean or lying on ... full info
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