Can't believe I'm here!

Taj Mahal

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March 5th 2015
Today we were leaving Rajasthan the setting of Rudyard Kiplings jungle book (another Disney film I've never seen) and heading back to the state of Utter Pradesh. Our destination: Agra I was really looking forward to visiting Agra, because 1. It is the name of an Indian takeaway in Sleaford near my first posting at RAF Cranwell, where my friend Ronnie and I had many a happy curry. The deal ... 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