Mosque in Turkey

Turkey, Iran, and India

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February 21st 2009
The rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated. After a very long pause, I am once again adding to my travel blog. I've been in India for the last two weeks, Iran for the month before that, and had two more weeks in Turkey since my last post from Istanbul on December 24th. Since then, I have travelled by land from Turkey into Iran, and flew into Mumbai from Tehran, with a 4 hour ... read more

Asia » India » Goa » Arambol

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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