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From McLeod to Amritsar

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April 20th 2011
On Saturday the16th we packed our swags and boarded our 4wd taxi (seatbelts operational!) to Amritsar. This 6 hour drive was an experience in beeping and traffic weaving and it gave us great views of lots of little villages as we passed by. N.B. Indian drivers do not drive on one side of the road. They drive on both sides! At varying speeds, they beep the cars beside them to get them to move ove ... 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