Elephant festival

Lots of fun. Went with some canadians. There were over 50 elephants! People were hanging from all the buildings around, and not one of the elephants veered off course - which is a good job as this is India where the best spot is about a metre from the marching elephant's legs.

Varkala again

January 14th 2007
And then, with the onset of fever, I sensibly crawled back to the comfort of Varkala. It must be noted that even sickness does not put an Indian off the usual barrage of questions. When I was so hot I didn't think I could manage the rickshaw ride to the hospital, the doctor who I saw laid me down on the couch, gave me tablets (after i refused an injection) and then started the time-old.... So wha ... 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

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