Our little train cabin

31hours on the Konkan Railway

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May 13th 2009
Awoke at 730am, deliberately this time, had a curry breakfast and checked out, made our way to the main station by getting a tuk-tuk/auto to one station then a local train, then another tuk-tuk where the fat driver not only tried to rip us off but fitted 7 people in one tuk-tuk! we only just made it in time as the station was packed. The train, the famous konkan railway was transport for the ne ... 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