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Puri

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January 21st 2009
This was it - North India tour over and no tour leader holding our hands anymore! We were all alone and our first challenge was to negotiate Kolkata's Howrah train station to catch the 10.35pm overnight Puri Express. We had booked our tickets online a few days ago so we just had to figure out the platforms and where we'd be on the train. I won't lie I was overwhelmed by the sheer size of the stati ... 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