Artwork on palace gate
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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 i... [read more]
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 i... [read more] Blog: Grey Days in the Pink City - Jaipur
Date: January 5th 2007
We were really tired and down when we set off from towards Jaipur. The early mornings at Bharatpur had taken their toll, combined with feeling low about the state of the planet and to top it all Robin was suffering the effects of a dodgy samosa. Still we loaded up and set off anticipating the benefits of some cycling for our bodies and states of mind, unfortunately these never materialised. The ... read more
Date: January 5th 2007
We were really tired and down when we set off from towards Jaipur. The early mornings at Bharatpur had taken their toll, combined with feeling low about the state of the planet and to top it all Robin was suffering the effects of a dodgy samosa. Still we loaded up and set off anticipating the benefits of some cycling for our bodies and states of mind, unfortunately these never materialised. The ... read more
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We are Erika and Robin from Scotland and in April 2005 we quit our jobs and set off to cycle from Scotland to İstanbul.
We reached İstanbul in October 2005 having discovered that cycling truly is the best way to travel and so decided to keep going beyond the Bosphorous......
We had never cycled any long distance before but had been wanting to travel for a long time and had finally saved enough and realised ıf we didn't set off now we never would. We decided cycling would be the best form of transport as we wanted to learn more about the countries and people we passed through at a s... full info
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