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Agra - Home of the Taj Mahal

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September 19th 2011
Day 1 - Leaving McLeod Ganj at 6pm on a 12 hour night bus we arrived in Delhi around 6am the following morning and headed straight for new Delhi train station to purchase tickets to take us to Agra. At the station we were greeted by two fellow backpackers - Rob (Australian) and Sebastian (German) - who were also trying to purchase train tickets. After discovering that the ticket office was not y ... 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