Mundanthurai Hills

Motorcycling around Southern India

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January 28th 2007
Its lashing rain - it comes off the nearby mountains, perpetual clouds hang low as far down as the hills. The rain is soaking me, obscuring my visor and creating puddles which can hide potholes or small craters in the road. The going is slow and the road is bad, I have to stand up on the pegs from time to time to balance the bike over heaps of gravel, straw, and dung. As I approach the foothill ... 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