Monkey, monkey!

On the Tiger Trail in Periyar!

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August 6th 2008
In search of tigers... sadly there were none to be seen but we did have a great day out in a jeep in the jungle! Met a fun French couple and we went trekking into the jungle with Ramesh who was kind enough to keep peeling the leechess off our shoes and putting more salt on them to keep them away! It was hard to look anywhere other than down at the writhing mass of leeches on my shoes! We saw lots ... 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