Sammy

The Far North

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February 1st 2007
This blog is a little late comming. Apologies. Sam and I left Jodhpur for Jaisalmer on the sleeper train, which are always interesting. Upon sitting down we go talking to an Indian family sleeping under us about the prices of foodstuffs in Australia. They, unlike us, were extremely interested in this topic, and very proud at how cheap it was in India. It got a little tedious when the conversation ... 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