Cruising Down the Backwaters

Alleppy

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February 18th 2006
I'm going to make this entry a short one. It is so freakin' hot here. There is no wind and it's like 35 which is mid-90's. I sweated nonstop for 3 days while here. I don't know how people can live here. The travel agents (this goes from Kumily also) are useless. One agent refused to sell us airline tickets because we were not Indian. As for our schedule...we were initially planning an ... 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