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CASHmir

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May 5th 2006
Ok, we ended up in Kashmir after being blagged by an ‘Adam Sandler’ lookalike (so he told us anyway!) the irony of a Muslim guy comparing himself to an American Jewish movie star was not lost on us…. Anyway something we have learnt is that Kashmiris tend to be persuasive, very, very persuasive and before we knew it we we’re embarking on a 27-hour bus ride to Srinigar. The bus was a totall ... read more

Asia » India » Jammu & Kashmir

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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