Boat Ride to Janjira Fort

Trip to Konkan: Part 2

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March 3rd 2009
The next morning, after a lovely breakfast of pohe, we left to go to see the famous fort of Janjira. We drove upto a small village of Dighi and took a boat to Rajpuri. From Rajpuri we had to take a small sail boat to the fort of Janjira. There were about 30 of us in this small dingy sailboat. As we set sail, the boat swayed big time due to the huge waves. Damn, I thought it would topple any mome ... 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