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Mysore

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August 9th 2008
We arrived in Mysore on the first leg of our journey to Bangalore airport. I had forgotten how varied the landscape was on this side of the Nilgiri Hills. One minute desert with cacti and termite mounds and the next moment, jungle, tiger and elephant reserves and huge banyan trees, sadly uprooted to make way for a new, broader highway. Meeting up with Zena again, we all stayed at the Ginger Ho ... 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