Old graveyard

Coconut Land - God's Own Country?

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August 29th 2009
I have been staying at the Old Harbour Hotel in Fort Kochi. It is, as the name suggests, close to the old harbour and when I go down that way the first things that catch my eyes are the giant Chinese Fishing Nets which stand by the side of the sea. Kochi (or Cochin, as it used to be spelled) has been the centre for traders coming to India for millenia. The Chinese first came here many years ... 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