Dash for the border

Amritsar - Himalayas

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February 5th 2009
Vik's Our move to Amritsar took us out of Rajasthan and into the state of Punjab; the dusty browns became fertile greens and the waterways flowed rather than stagnated. With this as our introduction, it came as something of a surprise when we exited the railway station (Steve's technique for avoiding the army of awaiting rickshaw drivers to take us to "best hotel" is really developing into somet ... 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