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Periyar Tiger Reserve

sunrise on the morning walk
Backwaters and beyond

March 2nd 2009
We left Varkala for Allepey, the "Venice" of Kerala, on 29th Jan. The train took two and a half hours, meandering through small villages and across lagoons. The weather was hot and humid, and it looked like rain. The temperature had become a governing feature of our days, as it was too hot around midday to do anything other than flop beneath a fan. Allepey felt like the 'real' India again - dirt ... read more
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Indian Flag 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
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