Chicken Coop

Life on an Indian Train

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September 9th 2007
well what can we say - pure hell! aarrrgghh! we had our first long train journey today of 7 hours going from Alleppey to Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu (we are on our way to Ooty so had to go via Coimbatore to catch the mountain express). we decided to take the cheap option and go sleeper class unreserved with all the locals. hmm. for a start the whole train had a stench of urine wafting through from t ... 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