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So you want to ride a train in India...

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January 27th 2010
When we left Tiru and wanted to head to the southern beaches of Kerala, we thought the train would be our best option. We’ve heard a few horror stories about Indian Trains, but since we want to cover a fair bit of this country we would either have to figure out these trains or take the bus. Tiru’s train station is under construction so we couldn’t leave from Tiru, we had to take a 2-hour b ... 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