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Gap Year Travels

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January 19th 2010
Hello everyone! A volunteer I met on the weekend told me he kept a blog just to keep everyone at home updated, and since I have a fair bit of time on my hands at my placement (as well as internet), I thought I would set one up. This is now my 9th day since arriving in India and I think I'm just about getting the hang of it! The journey here was quite long, about 10 hours to Colombo, where I slept ... read more

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Madurai

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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