Train to Agra

Jhansi-Delhi train journey

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April 5th 2005
Left Orcha. Took rickshaw to Jhansi, and from thence to Agra. However the train got as far a Gwalior then ground to a halt. For hours. I ran out of water early on and hadn't brought any more with me. I started to fantisise about water. I tried really hard not to think of fountains, streams and taps gushing with cold, clear, plentiful water or of being in a cold shower with water streaming over m ... 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