Mountains, Rain, Big Bangs, and Cashmere 4th tallest baby!

Mountains, Rain, Big Bangs, and Cashmere

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October 25th 2006
Hello again, Sorry the last blog ended abruptly. The internet kiosk was closing and I had to leave ASAP (i.e., they shut off the electricity and were closing the metal doors!). Anyway, after an exciting couple days in Delhi and Agra, we thought it best to make our way directly to the hill station of Darjeeling, bypassing the religious center of Varanasi (which was good, because diwali festiva ... 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