Thomas with the boys

Mysore and Ooty

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March 1st 2008
From Hampi we made our way to Ooty, stayed a couple of day in Mysore first, very crowded city but that is where the palace of the Taj Mahal is...so we couldn't miss that! We stayed in a little village outside the city with the name of Sri Rangapatnam. We stayed about a week in Ooty where we went horse back riding, motorcycle driving through the mountains (2600m altitude!). We also spent some time ... 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