Rainy day Dona Paula

GOA IN THE MONSOON

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January 21st 2011
JULY 2010 After our two recent trips to Portugal, I became interested to see what remained of the more than 400 years of the Portuguese occupation of the state of Goa on India's west coast. So, in mid-July 2010, we set off by car from Bangalore to spend about one week in Goa. MONDAY: We set off at 5.30 a.m. in our Toyota Qualis driven by our driver, Rahim. Within an hour w ... 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