Lunch at Colva Beach

South Goa - Thursday, January 19, 2006

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January 20th 2006
As usual, where I am being of no consequence, I am up at 5:00am and so it is just as well that I get into my day, riding the night train from Margoa, Goa to Cochin, Kerela, 2nd class, double, double decker. We had a turn of good fortune last evening, when the young men who were to be our compartment partners, convinced the conductor to relocate them and leave us alone to our own devices. This acco ... 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