Garry and our lovely cycle rickshaw driver

What to do with a billion dollars...by Shah Jahan

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January 18th 2010
The main reason why we, and hoards of other people, come to Agra is to see that white thingy, what do you call it, ah, the Taj Mahal! On arriving in Agra we were surprised by how clean the streets were in comparison to other cities - apparently they only clean around the area of the Taj just for us tourists. Although there is a vehicle exclusion zone which initially leads you to think that it may ... 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