Park in Kolkata

1st Day in India

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June 17th 2012
"The Park Hotel" was great accomodation for our first stay in India. The weather was very humid but we decided to brave the streets and go for an early morning walk in kolkata. Diary Entry': " We have walked around a few blocks and we have smelt more smells that you can imagine, and seen amazing sights. Stalls of laundrypeople, loads of cooking on the street. Nikki walks in front of me and ... 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