My barber

In Madurai

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January 3rd 2007
Tomorrow we plan to leave for Kanniyakumari at the bottom tip of India. We're giving Kerala some time to empty out somewhat after the holidays and sneaking around from the other side. Probably we'll end up skipping Thailand after the bombings there, so we'll have to figure out how to change our plans. Madurai is a big city dominated by an enormous temple complex dedicated to Meenakshi, the fi ... 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