On the train

North to Jodhpur

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February 19th 2009
Hampi was our last stop in South India. By rickshaw, bus, and then train, we traveled some 1,200 miles over 3 days to Jodhpur, in Rajasthan, the desert state in Northern India. The 37-hour train journey started badly: uncomfortable, cramped, cold, and hungry, surrounded by snoring men, and already sleep-deprived. But things always work out: within two hours, we had a comfortable private sleep ... 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