Peacock gate

Jaipur - and my nightmare!!

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October 26th 2008
We met loads of lovely people on the train, all Indian, we saw no other tourists. There was on older couple, the guy was an amputee and then a couple who had an arranged marriage 10 days before. They actually seemed very happy!! Being India they kept plying us with food and tea, and also an apple!! With 3 hours still to go of a 20 hour train ride I knew something was amiss!! 3 hours in a trai ... 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