Agra trainstation

Day 5 - Jaipur

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May 5th 2010
We arrived in Jaipur from Agra around 11pm Monday evening having took the lowest class sleeper train - an experience best summarized as filthy and slightly humbling. We woke early - maybe 630am - Tuesday and spent the entire day sightseeing, with the peaks being Amber Fort and monkey temple (over 5000 monkeys live in and around this temple). A theme seems to be developing here in India - many st ... 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