lazing on the keralan backwaters

Incredible India?

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January 16th 2010
I pull it down from the attic, dust off the cobwebs and look at it adoringly. The backpack has made a sudden comeback. I never really supposed I would travel with it again, but here I am easing it's thick padding onto my hips. Not that it weighs much - fully loaded for the trip to India it's a mere seven kilos. If I remember correctly, the heaviness of the experience of India necessitates a light ... read more

Asia » India

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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