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Buses and Beaches

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December 16th 2006
Today we hung out with Amyn, Priya and Chandu. Amyn really wanted to go to the beach. After breakfast we took autorickshaws to a bus station -- trying to catch a bus to Mahabalipuram. We ended up getting on one to Guindy, where someone told us we could catch the bus we wanted there. The conductor told us to get off --- at some random intersectin of road. We ran across traffic and waited for a ... 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