Locals at Yamuna river, Agra

Agra theTaj Mahal and 'Beer in Teapots'

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June 19th 2007
Well after a nice early 5:00 am start, I was on my way to Agra. Agra is 100km south of Delhi and getting there was a breeze. I arrived at around 9:30am after a quick 2 hour train ride, the shortest in recent months. When I disembarked form the train, I was happy to realise that life moved at a slightly less frantic pace here. So out of Agra Cantonment Train Station I orgainsed an auto rickshaw ... 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