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Walking in the tea gardens

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January 19th 2016
This morning Ginnie was unable to join me for the walk because of her broken toe. My guide was Kingsley and he is keen totake visitors to a place where tourists do not usually go. The mode of transport was a good start. I rode on the back of Kingsley's scooter to the bus station in Conoor and then we took the service bus to a small village. The walk climbed up to a fort which was used by Tipu Sult ... 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