The Gateway of India

Mumbai here we come

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May 11th 2009
Flight with the ba was great, curry already!! it was a night flight so we woke up in Mumbai, we took various public buses to the Colaba area, it was only 10 rs ( 15p ) each . We found the ymca for girls, ywca, really easily and checked into a 4 dorm room which was really clean. We dumped our bags and walked towards the "gate of India" it was really hot and humid. We saw the Taj hotel where all ... 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