Wide Load

God and the Balancing Rocks

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October 21st 2006
After a relatively pleasant 8 hour train ride in the heat of the day we hadn't even stepped off the train and we were being accosted by rickshaw drivers willing to take us the 15km to Hampi for as little as 20 rupees ($0.50CND). Getting off the train is always an experience. We've found in the smaller tourist towns, you can get a ride very cheap, sometimes free, from the train station because th ... 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