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Our first taste of Delhi

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January 18th 2005
Well our first night in India was not the most welcoming one. We arrived to the new delhi airport at around 12:30, got a cab to our hostel we booked to find there was no room. we were taken to a 24 hour tourist center, where a gentleman tried to sell us his entire travel package for india. we explained we only wanted a hotel for the night, but alas, he told us all the hotels were booked..we would ... 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