Taj reflection and saris

Agra!

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February 6th 2008
So we left Delhi early on the 4th getting up at 5am to catch our first Indian train - the Bhopal Shatabdi Express to Agra. We lugged our backpacks to the station and surprisingly found our train with ease! The platforms were all busy and ours had a handful of western travellers on it too - off to the Taj no doubt! The train was on time and surprisingly civilised - dont believe the stereotypes (for ... 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