Bazaar 2

A day in the Bazaar

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March 14th 2007
Or as they would say it here"bajaar." Yesterday after writitng to you we went down to the old part of town, The Charminar or Laads Bazaar. Much like Albuquerque it is the oldest part of town where most of the historical tourist attractions are located as well as all the cool open air shopping. We scoped out a couple of hotels from the Lonely Planet book as this is central to most of the things we ... 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