Typical school child

Varanasi

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October 21st 2011
There are only five of us in my Peregrine group. There were too many for one group so they spit it up and my companions are four women all from Geelong. The other group is more like the United Nations, which might have been interesting in terms of conversation but I'm not complaining. Despite travelling on a 1st class sleeper (the best of five classes of travel on India Rail) the carriage ... read more

Asia » India

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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