Amber Fort - Jaipur

A Passage Through India

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May 2nd 2008
Singh narrated as our car struggled over the pot-holes into Jaipur. We overtook large lumbering trucks which are an awesome sight. They are brightly decorated in a very tacky way and continuously belt out interesting compositions via their horns. No toot is ever tame. Every journey becomes a soap opera and comparatively a western motorway is just plain boring! We stayed in Jaipur for a couple o ... 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