the bikes and the trucks

The rain in India is WET.

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November 30th 2009
India never ceases to amaze you in ways one could never predict. We spent two days riding in on-off torrential monsoon downpours, after six hours in the wet stuff on day one we were soaked to the bone. Being checked into a swanky hotel through the service lift because the management thought we looked like hobos was our reward! This was Mangalore – a city which Lonely Planet reliably informed us ... 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