India 2011 007

I almost lost my finger in Hyderabad!

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August 6th 2011
Woken up this morning at 5am by the call for prayer. It's Ramadan ... didn't they realise that there were some jet legged girls trying to get some sleep here! Hyderabad's population is 70% Muslim and 30% Hindu, we were told at breakfast by on of the waiters, while eating our ring sting breakfasts - curry, chapati, dosas and dhal ... and we were hoping to lose weight here! Ventur ... 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