View on the way out

Elaphanta Island

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January 2nd 2009
Elaphanta island is an hour boat ride one way. You get on at the gateway of India next to the Taj hotel. The island has a series of Hindu carved caves that date back to the 1st century (Crazy). We spent a couple of hours walking around in and out of the caves. I got busted standing in a cave with the shrine to Shiva with my shoes on.. should have got the guided tour. There was heaps of naughty mon ... 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