On a clear day... 004

On a clear day...

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November 18th 2008
The past two days it's been clear enough to see Mussori from where I'm at. Which is actually nice since lately the clouds role in at the base of the mountains and obscure the view in the afternoon. I can't help thinking that it looks a little like the foothills back home in Southern California maybe a few decades ago, when the mountain communities were still fairly small. Wow, now I'm really datin ... 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