Taj Lake Palace Hotel

January 14th 2011
Once again, I was caught with plane delays, so I’m certainly managing to catch up on my reading. Finally reached my destination early evening, and was pleasantly surprised to find accomodation was in another ex-palace, the Rangniwas Palace Hotel, albeit not quite as flash (or to be fair, as expensive) as that in Jaipur. Udaipur, the capital of the former princely state of Mewar, is famous for i ... 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

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Joan & Neil

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Joan and Neil have posted blogs below on the following trips: 1. South America for 3 months, from Sept07 through to Nov07, visiting each of Ecuador (including the Galapagos Islands), Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. 2. Far north Thailand in Mar08 where Neil taught English at a Summer School for the SPF charity he was involved with. This also included a side trip for the weekend to Luang Prabang in Laos. 3. Russia (cruise from Moscow to St Petersburg), then visit to each of Croatia, Budapest & Vienna for a total of 4 weeks, starting in mid Sept08. 4. Neil did a similar SPF te... full info

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