Kerala

Buses and backwaters

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February 11th 2012
We arrived in Kerala after an overnight stopover in Mangalore for what was to be our final week and last destination in India. Kerala is one of India's most developed states, largely thanks to it's communist government, the first one to be freely elected in the world. Kerala is ranked as India's cleanest and also least corrupt state and has the highest literacy and life expectancy rate ... 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