Morning Lake View

Wild India

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March 22nd 2007
Left Munnar early in the morning and had another hair raising drive to the town of Kumily, just outside the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary. Managed to find a cool little hut to stay in for the princely sum of $5, situated in a little complex of cabins and other huts. It also had a little viewing tower that overlooked what I'm sure was only a paddock on the edge of the sanctaury, but offered views of ... 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