with Mira and Rania

Phase 2 beaches and Backwaters of Kerala

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April 10th 2008
Phase 2 is a little shorter than expected as the season has ended, so things are packing up. The rains also arrived with me! The monsoon not s'posed to arrive 'til June, but it has rained heavily everyday, and is thereore very hot and humid. Not beach weather My camera card has picked up a virus this morning, and I have no safe facilities to sort it. The photos are still there (mostly) but I w ... 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