Buffalo enjoying the football

India 2008

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August 5th 2008
We arrived back in India on a hot and humid Sunday morning and took a taxi to the Napier House Hotel, which is in Fort Cochin. It did not quite live up to its website photos - someone must be a wizz with Photoshop- but after a rather uncomfortable night, we were upgraded to a superior room, complete with its own private terrace. We've done plenty of browsing in antique shops and have visited th ... read more

Asia » India » Kerala » Kochi

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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