Roosting

Bharatpur

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January 10th 2009
Leaving Jaipur we traveled on towards Bharatpur. This was the first day we experienced cold cloudy weather - about nine degrees. It's crazy how quickly we've gotten used to midday temperatures in the early twenties and sunshine. Today we felt chilled to the bone. Bharatpur is home to the World Heritage listed Keoladeo Bird Park and not much else. So we hired a cycle rickshaw and the driver was our ... 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