Me at the Red Fort

This entrance is guarded by armed soldiers simply because it is falling down


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Indian  Flag 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]
Blog: Delhi
Date: October 18th 2011

First impressions of old Delhi is that it will surely and inevitably strangle itself to death with traffic. I thought the traffic in Saigon was horrendous but at least there most of it was motor bikes, whereas here it is cars. In a typical street trucks, buses, cars, motor bikes and every conceivable form of transport inbetween share rutted and cluttered roads with ancient carts pulled by large br ... read more







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