Gorgeous scenery

ONE MONTH IN INDIA!!!

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October 2nd 2006
Well, STILL in Ladakh, and starting to feel like a local - today I even went to a school festival where I dressed up in traditional Ladakhi costume to have my photo taken, and they were playing games like pin the tail on the donkey!! Ladakh, in the northernmost part of India, and it's capital, Leh, where I have made my base for the last few weeks, is the type of place you find hard to leave. The p ... 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