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Rickshaw ride

This guy tried to con me into visting his friend's shop (he got comission if I bought anything). We literally were stopped outside of the store. He refused to start the rickshaw until I went inside - I refused to step out of the rickshaw. The standoff lasted 5 minutes. He finally got the message and dropped me off at the museum. My first day in India.
India 2008

January 1st 2008
So here I am starting off 2008 in India. After ringing in the new year on a Virgin Atlantic flight somewhere over the middle east, I land in New Delhi on New Years Day. Thankfully, I had the hotel send a driver to pick me up at baggage claim, so I didn't have to think or mistrust any of the pre-paid taxi drivers. New Delhi is not as hot as I imagined it to be. It's rather cool - but the a ... read more
Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jodhpur

Indian Flag 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
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