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Jodhpur

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November 30th 2006
Jodhpur And yes, this is where the name for 'Jodhpurs' for riding trousers comes from. Again we enjoyed great rooftop restaurants under the stars- with huge bats flying overhead. We got stuck into some intense gambling too (poker with matchsticks!). There's another fort here as well, which has a cool headphone tour- a man with a funny accent tells you which way to go and stories about old times ... 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