Ganesh

The Pink City

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October 3rd 2011
I arrived in Jaipur at around 11 A.M. on August 9th during the midst of an intense rainstorm. Monsoon season had reared its ugly head again and I jumped into the closest cab I could find. Luckily for me this was how I met Mukesh, who would be my personal driver/tour guide throughout my time in Jaipur. He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of Jaipur and had journals full of recommendations from other t ... 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