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Alleppey

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May 17th 2009
We left the coast area after some awful haggling on my side - almost causing us to have to walk to the station. We took the train to Alleppey in Kerala's famous backwaters, where we went to stay the night in someones house, Thomas, Matthew, Maria, and grandma on an island in the backwaters. After a auto and short boot trip, we arrived at their house and were immediately given a huge delicious lu ... 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