Brightly coloured prayer flags

McLeod Ganj

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October 31st 2009
Mcleod Ganj We left Dehli on the overnight train, an interesting but not half bad experience. After a night of broken sleep we arrive in Pathenkot for a dal breakfast and catch the toy train across the Kangra Valley. The 5 hour train journey was a few hours longer than the bus but it is much safer than the bus and the views are spectacular so we spent the 15 rupees and went for it! 20pence well s ... 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