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Agra and the Taj Mahal

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January 25th 2008
After an early morning departure from Mumbai (which enabled me to see the city and much of its beauty- isn't everything beautiful in the pink first light of day?) we hopped on a plane and headed for Delhi. Our plans having totally fallen apart and reconstituted in the last day or two, were now to get to Delhi, meet a driver and head out to Agra. We were met by not one but two "drivers". Didn't min ... 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