Shikara

To the North

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November 20th 2006
Kashmir We flew to Srinagar from Delhi with a domestic airline- Jet Airways- and we had curry on the plane, yum! A man told Pete he looked like Freddy Flintoff and said we'd need a few more jumpers where we're going! When we landed it wasn't too cold at all and we thought they were just exaggerating- it never really gets cold in India- Whinge pots. At the airport there were loads of ar ... 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