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Hampi - the lost city time forgot

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July 9th 2005
Hampi is an incredible place, one of the most extraordinary I have ever visited in my life. The world heritage site is a small village set around a linear bazaar, with a popluation of 1,000. The surrounding area contains the ruins of an old city that at its peak had a population of 500,000 so Hampi feels very small in the shadows of it's heritage. It does have however a fantastic vibe and is so ... 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