Camels Bearing Cement

The Road to Agra

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February 17th 2008
Even though today was only the first full day of the trip, I have a hard time imagining how it won't be the highlight. Today's activities included a four-hour drive to Agra, a tour of the Taj Mahal , the Agra Red Fort, a visit to marble inlay and hand-woven rug crafts stores, and the four-hour drive back to the hotel. The trip to and from Agra is surreal. If you follow the same route we did, yo ... 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