Prayer Wheels

Dharamsala

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March 10th 2007
It's hot at last! But we had to work for it. Where were we? Ah yes...the night bus. We hopped on a pretty rickety bus at 9.30pm for a journey across the foothills to the town of Dharamsala, and more specifically, Macloedganj, home to the Dalai Lama and thousands of Tibetan refugees and monks. Unfortunately, we got there in good time...5.15am to be precise. And with nowhere booked, we sat about f ... 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