Margao - market 3

Goa

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December 5th 2006
Spent a couple of days on the beach in Goa, relaxing and trying to swat up on my 'teach yourself hindi'. Then met a fellow traveller heading in the same direction to Hampi in Karnataka. So, after meeting at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Panaji on Tuesday, took a bumpy bus ride to Margao (pics of amazing indoor market), south Goa's busiest city, from which we caught the train (9hrs!) t ... 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