India and Nepal

Heading east to the Himalayas

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August 28th 2012
Autumn is coming, it must be time to pack our bags and head out. On Tuesday, September 11th we'll be on a plane to India. After a night in Delhi, we will fly north to the Himalayan province of Ladakh. Then, after a few days in the Leh area, we plan to drive west, over the high passes to Srinagar in Kashmir. In Srinagar we will stay on a houseboat on the lake before we head south to Amrit ... 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