Tea pickers.

A snip of southern India

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March 29th 2005
I can't be certain how many times the telephone rang before my eyes opened and began focusing futilely on the predawn void of the hotel room ceiling...The rude awakening continues in short high pitched bursts prompting my arm into fumbling wantonly for it's source: 'Hello'? 'Your taxi is ready sir.' 'Thank you'. Tiny radioactive specks of green inform me its ten past five; a time my body clo ... read more

Asia » India » Kerala

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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