View from the Trip to Yuksom

The Road to Goecha La--Part 1

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December 1st 2005
From the time I arrived in India, I knew that my ultimate destination was to be the Himalayas. As November was winding down, I grew increasingly anxious to get north. I wanted to take a trip hiking in the mountains, and with winter approaching it could only get colder up there. After nearly 24 hours of continuous transport, by rickshaw, then train, then jeep, I made my way from Varanasi to th ... 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