Fort entrance

December 16th 2009
From Pushkar on to the capital of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Known as the Pink City because so many of its buildings are painted a terracotta pink, it is possibly the only "modern" city in the state - with wide streets, and more western type shopfronts in some areas. Nevertheless it is quintessentially India with that the wonderful, vibrant mix of colour, costumes, street markets, cows, camels etc. (Al ... 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

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Allyca

Hi...here we are taking in some of that middle eastern magic in 2006 - soaking up the sounds, sights and scents of the Sinai. One of the huge tribe of WWWs (wishful/wistful/wondering? world wanderers).. Like all of you out there in T-blog space, we love travelling - specially to out of the way places. The world is such an amazing place - just wish there was unlimited time (and funds) to see a lot more. With smatterings of travel here there and everywhere, the wonderment and wanderlust gets stronger all the time...too much to see and not enough time left!! The beauty of nature, wide open... full info

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