Spending time in the mountains with friends

Dharamsala

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April 29th 2007
The trip up to the mountains from Delhi is not smooth. The "Deluxe" bus is anything but, and it winds its way up slowly throughout the night. I don't sleep at all. But as light comes, and we reach the mountains my mood lifts. I get off the bus early morning and take a share jeep up to McLeod Ganj. Once there, I get a nice room with a great mountain view and fall into a deep sleep. ... 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