Abandoned Building 1

Very relaxing...except for them arrrggghh rickshaws

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February 8th 2010
Started today with porridge and banana at our hotel mm mmm. We decided to walk to the Dutch Cemetery (which you can only view through locked gates) and then down Bazaar Rd (a street filled with shops - lots and lots selling spices) to Mattancherry area. We spied an old abandoned mansion on our way and decided to have a quick neb round the outside of it. Once in Mattanchetty we saw the Dutch Pa ... 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