The lovely church where we became the main attraction

The inevitable happened!

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January 17th 2014
We wound our way slowly up into the hills. The trip was slow but interesting as we passed pilgrims dressed in bright orange or blue jogging and walking up the hills, drove through villages with bullocks pulling laden carts, women doing the washing and the ubiquitous stalls. As we got higher we noticed colourful houses cascading down the hillside. At an altitude of 2133 metres we reached Kodaikanal ... 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