Our Room in Jaipur

The Pink City

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September 14th 2006
We made it to Jaipur quite comfortably on the sleeper class train, we were a bit sketched out when we bought the ticket, but we ended up sitting beside a very nice Indian family and thier dad spoke quite good english and explained "the trains" to us. Their daughter in 6th grade was fun too, she had a good supply of treats and snacks. She could speak english, but was shy. She really liked wester ... 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