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Beautiful Children

These girls lost one of their parents in the tsunami, and many of them lost siblings too. We visited a school underwritten by Rotary, where these students are given food, clothing, books and an education that they wouldn't otherwise get. These girls were amazing...I loved being with them. They are so resiliant...they still give me goosebumps.
Tsunami in India

January 24th 2006
Hi All, Thank you once again for all of your fabulous messages and notes. I'm sorry for being out of touch. We've been out in small towns and villages and the internet connections are either non-existant or unreliable...or are so slow I can't even believe it (a British guy and I were lamenting a connection that hardly worked at "an internet cafe" at the hill station the other night). To those ... read more
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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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