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Alwar, Kesroli and an unexpected hailstorm

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March 14th 2016
The guidebook devotes two pages to Alwar and its sights. It commends, in particular, the City Palace and its museum, so it was with high hopes that we set off this morning, but the trip did not go quite as planned. Problem one: our driver had never been to Alwar before so had no idea which way to go. We showed him the map in the guidebook, from which we deduced we should go straight across the ... 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