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Weekend in the Himalayas

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June 14th 2006
A week already?? Only?? Seriously?? So much longer it seems.. This weekend was, hands down, absolutely AWESOME. Saturday morning we met up with 2 students from the Traditional Medicine program and the other Rural Himalayan rotation people (5 of them) to go to Rishikesh, the Yoga capital of the world (Sue will be so jealous!) and the holiest city in India. For all that, it's horribly congested and ... 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