Cliff Top 2

Finally a Beach

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March 29th 2007
After deciding there was not much to see in Kollam, I headed down south to a little beachside community known as Varkala. The trip down was my first introduction to the crazy world of Indian buses, though this trip was quite pleasant compared to later ones. The direct buses are never as frequent as a guide book will have you believe, but after gambling on a changeover in a strange town I'd never ... 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