Statue of Gandhi

Ringing in the New Year

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January 1st 2006
Arrived on New Year's Eve in the Andaman capital of Port Blair, which is more an administrative hub than a relaxing beach town. It has a site that you could call a "beach", and would maybe pass as a nice one in fact if you were, say, in NY. But in the context of the Andamans, it was a runt. We couldn't make it to the LP Traveler's destination-island, Havelock, as the last ferry out had already ... read more

Asia » India » Andaman & Nicobar Islands

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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