Kathakali performers

Backwaters and beaches

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November 23rd 2008
We've spent the last few days in Kerala, one of the most beautiful states in India. We started in Cochin, an old port city with many islands, connected by ferries that run every 10 minutes and cost only 2 rupees (4 cents). It's a large fishing community and the shoreline is embellished by huge fishnets that look like large prehistoric spiders with nets that are lowered into the water. However beau ... 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