Inside the Taj Mahal Hotel

Free beer in one of the best hotels in the world!

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February 19th 2006
I've just uploaded pics for the last two blogs and will do ones for this one later. I've got a bit carried away with typing again here but the first paragraph summarises everthing pretty much. Wow! In one awesome day I have had about the biggest contrast in lifestyle possible! It went from my dingy hotel and lunch that was a couple of Samosas with sauce in a local cafe to drinking beers in s ... 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