Udaipur

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January 12th 2007
We thought that we would try something different on the way to Udaipur, after John's little incident on the bus we decided that the overnight train was worth a shot. Big mistake. From the outset we should have realised that something was amiss, an 8 hour train ride for 150 rupees (all of $4.50). Well we were packed in like sardines and dipped in cold water. Someone had advised us that you shoul ... 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