Parade

Varkala and Amritapuri

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September 16th 2006
I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Kerala. I spent my first few days in Varkala relaxing on the beach and beach cliff restaurants. I stayed down on the slightly less touristy, but no less busy Beach Road. The beach at that end of Varkala is a pilgrimage site for Hindus and all day long busloads of people would come through, to the temple, the tank (sort of water reservoir down from the temple ... 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