Life in the backwaters

From the backwaters to the mountains

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December 25th 2008
From the boathouse, I took a public ferry through the backwater canals to Kottayam, the urban commercial hub of the backwaters, and then a bus up up up into the Western Ghats range to Kumily, the gateway to Periyar Tiger Reserve. The ferry was another opportunity to watch village life in the backwaters, which seems not unlike life in other rural villages, but the backwaters overlay the common wash ... 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