Sunrise over Kodai 2

Life in India

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April 11th 2007
Our first week in Madurai has been wonderful, punctuated by meeting great people, seeing amazing sights such as the Meenakshi Temple and Ghandi Museum and eating two wonderful meals. While I have been slaving away in front of a computer for 9 hours a day, Ana has been frollicking about Madurai, seeing the sights without me. So I will leave her adventures to her next blog... but I will cheat ... 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