HINDUSTAN!!!

Amritsar...where we got really ill....

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September 1st 2008
Well...we took our first overnight train ride in India to get to Amritsar, pretty exciting, we'd bagged a 3A/c (six bed compartment) complete with sheets, rugs and pillows. We were sharing with an American couple and two Indian guys, after a bit if chat, it was beds down, lights out, sleeping all the way to our destination. I had a good sleep, pretty comfy, although it's a bit of a shock when yo ... 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