Kodai - lake

Kodaikanal

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February 1st 2007
After a second stop in Madurai, I took the bus up to Kodaiakanal. The only American mission hillstation in India, it is absolutely gorgeous, and after two months of heat, the cold mountain air really reminded me of home. I even had to buy a wool scarf and wear thermal socks to bed! There's a lake with boat club, and the international school set up by the americans is apparently one of India's m ... 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