The Hampi Boat Man

Mysore to Hampi

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December 7th 2010
After another 5 days in Mysore, I set off with Chris, Jamie and Cath to Hampi, where I was due to meet my brother Kevin. Kevin left the UK a month before me and has been travelling here over ground through Europe, Russia, Mongolia, Siberia, China, Tibet, Nepal then into India. We go on my first overnight Indian train and it was a terrible experience. I wasn’t feeling great which didn’t help ... 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