Sri Padmishwamy Temple

South India

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February 12th 2010
First Stop - Trivandrum After a slighty squiffy and emotional afternoon sendoff from Durban airport, eager and anxious in equal measures, we boarded the first of our two flights, to Dubai. Arriving at 5am and not continuing on until 9pm meant that we had plenty of time to be welcomed, entertained, fed & watered, and completely bored by Dubai Airport's endless sparkly corridors of sho ... 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