Procession in Jaipur

India - Pushkar to Jaipur

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January 26th 2011
DAY 18 26th January 2011 REPUBLIC DAY I am sat on the roof terrace after a hectic and jam packed day, watching the sun go down and waiting for Chris to untangle kite strings so he can fly a kite he found! As its Republic day and a National Holiday in India there are hundreds of kites in the skies again! The day started early as we had decided to get up at 07.00 ( actually that’s our normal time ... 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