Trichy Rock Fort

Trichy

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January 30th 2009
This morning we caught a local bus and headed up to a fort and temple. There is much amusement on buses when Vin insists that he stands for a lady or a child. This just doesn't happen in India. At the temple we met an Indian couple who had emigrated to Canada in 1969 and had recently retired and were touring India. The man described India as ' a noisy, stinking wonderful place' and said that he no ... 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