On the way down

In India: To Mysore, Friday 2012 January 27

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January 27th 2012
Before leaving Ooty we visited two gardens – the climate is especially good here for gardens. The Government Rose Garden is built into the side of a cliff, so that we entered at the top and discovered more paths and beds as we descended. There were 2850 varieties of rose plants, with only a small proportion still in bloom. Some w ... 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