Hawa Mahal

Jaipur

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August 11th 2008
On Monday morning, Christine and I flew to Jaipur from the new Bangalore airport. Before this, we spent the day catching up with the Bennie family- now with two children.The last time I saw them was at their wedding in 2002! We travelled on one of India's budget airlines, Indigo. The plane was brand new and all went very smoothly, apart from some particularly itchy mosquito bites that swelled up i ... 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