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Sun, Sand, Storms and Cruises

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November 23rd 2006
Wanting to ditch Trivandum as soon as we could, we caught a super early bus up to Varkala hoping to hit the beach asap (Apparently Jane had been doing lots of this in Goa but it was always 'tan o'clock for her!'). We arrived in to the idylic clifftop Varkala around 9am and it was definitely worth the early start. Straight away we met loads of people who seemed to be pretty confused as to how lo ... 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