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September 28th 2006
Our second visit to Rishikesh was a little bit longer than we initially expected due to the availability of train tickets, but we managed to keep busy with little effort. We decided to take a hike to the nearbye waterfall up the hill behind our hotel and through a local village. I’m not sure what the name of the river is that we followed (or more of a stream really) (or the village either) but ... 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