The magnificent Taj Mahal Palace Hotel

Manic Magnificent Mumbai

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December 9th 2011
Mumbai Airport was our first taste of what we expected in India. Baggage claim is bad at British airports where few stay outside the yellow lines to claim their bags, however, in India they do not bother painting yellow lines for obvious reasons. As you can guess chaos prevailed but no harm was done as our luggage, in typical Indian fashion, did not appear for one and a half hours and after most p ... 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