Our Catch Of The Day

Scooty Diu

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October 4th 2006
We've spent a blissful six days on the island of Diu simply relaxing, reading and eating. There wasn't many western tourists there (we saw maybe a dozen the whole week) but it is a popular destination for Indian tourists to visit because of the cheap booze. A big bottle 750ml of beer is $1. We took a bus south from Junagadh, a mere five hours being squished in with many staring Indians. The ... 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