A huge rhinocerous beetle that wanted to set up home in our room!

Into the Forest Deep.

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July 5th 2010
On the Road to Tarkeshwar The Canadian boys - Ivan and Greg, Karina (French part of Canada), Francesca (Italy), Silvia (U.S.A) and I survived the 6 hours taxi ride to Tarkeshwar. Some of the drive was spectacular if a little scary. We drove through one area of mountainous road where there had been a bit of a land slide and left the spare wheel behind in the mud. It was soon retrieved and hoiste ... 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