Visitors on New Year's day

Sight for Mysore eyes

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January 1st 2010
On the move again on New Year’s Eve, this time by car to Mysore in Karnataka. A great trip down the mountain side, 36 hairpins in a row, with great views of the extent of the Negrili hills. We weren’t expecting to drive through forests and reserves, but there they were - elephants and monkeys, tigers too but a too shy to be observed this time. Within an hour the temperature zooms up to the low ... 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