At the Taj Mahal

Agra and Karauli

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October 25th 2011
Another a 13 hr train trip compliments of India Rail we landed at Agra in the early hours of the morning. India can probably be characterised by describing the sights, sounds, smells and crowds that greet the traveller at a railway station. Everyone appears to have a destination they need to get to in a hurry and inevitably try to make a few rupees while they are at it. There are families laden ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan

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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