Dr. Ann birdwatching in Periyar tiger preserve

Modes of transport...

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January 25th 2009
Our varied modes of transport in India, from the sublime to the ridiculous... I've just been looking back on all the ways we have travelled in this amazing country since we arrived on January 4. We arrived in Chennai via India Air, thankfully an uneventful experience. Then things began to get interesting, starting with the bus driven by a Tamil who awed all aboard with both his drivi ... 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