Our Houseboat

Boating on the Backwaters

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October 29th 2006
We made it Madikeri and the plan was to do some hiking in the mountains around tea plantations. However, plans changed as Jarrod was feeling a bit lack luster with symptoms that he described as "dengue like." Turns out he didn't have dengue but just a bit under the weather with a sore throat. Instead of hiking, we spent a lot of time watching TV and pursuing the local shops. I found a nice jewe ... 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