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Mumbai

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January 6th 2008
Wendy here. This is difficult to get started! I'm sitting in a poky little room up an insane flight of stairs down a back street of colaba writing this. Casey and James are resting up before we embark on our overnight train journey tonight down to the konkan coast. We really haven't done alot in mumbai, but have rested and ate really well. The food and people are delightful everywhere we go! The ... 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