The sweetwater lake

Sun, sand, sea and sickness

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February 4th 2008
Apologies for the conspicuous absence of blog over the last couple of weeks- but there's actually relatively little to report! The day after we arrived in Arambol I chose to ignore the guidebook advice about raw fruit and veg, and had a big fruit salad: which was lovely until about 45 minutes later... I don't need to go into details, but needless to say it was not pleasant and four days before ... 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