Kochi, India

Kochi, India. February 5, 2016.

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February 18th 2016
Kochi, India. February 5, 2016 Kochi is the original name of Cochin, and it has returned to that name, as Bombay returned to being Mumbai. The last vesiges of the British occupation are most evident in their rigid, unweildly and deeply annoying bureaucracies. The snafus of yesterday's immigration experience in Mangalore were repeated almost exactly in Kochi. As we were finally disembarking a ... read more

Asia » India

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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