Also enjoying the view...

My Whirlwind Week in India...

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February 5th 2009
My Whirlwind Week in India… On Tuesday morning I said goodbye to Kevin and grabbed a jeep down the mountain to the New Jalpaiguri Train station. I had originally booked a ticket to Varanasi that left at 4am that morning, but had not realized at the time that the mountain roads were too dangerous to navigate by night and so would have had to go down the mountain on Monday afternoon and ... read more

Asia » India

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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