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Day 50-53 Kathmandu to Hetauda to Siliguri to Murshidabad to Kolkata

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September 3rd 2010
Day 50 Kathmandu to Hetauda (Sun 22nd Aug) A very late start today, as we didn’t leave the hotel until 1100. So we all managed a leisurely breakfast, at which point Lynn, Jo and I met the new tour leader. Matt had joined the group yesterday while we were away and so he introduced himself at breakfast and went over with us any information that he had given the others yesterday. He seems like a ... 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