Jammu Station

Freedom

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September 18th 2007
Finally, I am a free woman again :-) It feels wonderful to be able to go to places on my own again, decide when and what to eat, and take a rikshaw by myself. The ride from Srinagar to Jammu took about 8 hours, the distance was only 290km! And going down those hills (compare it to the roads in Italy or South France) is quite something here. The drivers don't stay in their lane, not even just b ... 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