The battle scarred Taj hotel

Week 8 – Mumbai

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December 6th 2008
We left Goa for Mumbai on an over night train, due to arrive at Mumbai CST at 6am the next day. Around midnight a number of people were talking on their mobile phones, saying there had been a bomb attack at Mumbai CST. The train stopped at the next station and didn't move for quite some time Some people got off but Tracy and I saw no point in leaving the train. We would still have to get to ... 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