Flower seller

In India: Chennai, Sunday 2012 January 15

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January 15th 2012
We started late this morning, thank goodness. Breakfast was a plentiful buffet with many Indian and Western choices. I had a peppery Indian bean stew with bacon and toast, and papaya and a fingerling banana. Our tour took us first to the Kapaleeshwarar Temple. Our first experience of removing our shoes and putting on the “spare” sock ... 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