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Colours of India. Jaipur

(Not so) Incredible India

May 2nd 2016
India had never been on my plans... I'm not a fan of hot, overcrowded places and that's just what India seemed to be so, why would I bother to go there? But two months ago I started a new job and, on my very first day, I was offered an all-expenses-paid trip to India to celebrate the company's 10th anniversary so, even though India wasn't in my plans... how could I refuse? I was getting very ... read more
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Indian Flag 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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1st August 2016

So good, so bad, so good, so bad!
Who would have guessed that you'd have such a nightmare in an air-conditioned, 5-star bubble? Like you though, I dislike heat and crowds, but I'd take a free trip anywhere. But as a slow traveler (and which multi-lingual people generally are), it blows my mind that you all would be visiting India for 4 days! Glad you got to enjoy that tasting menu and the Taj before you were brought down.
1st August 2016

Free trip
Going all the way to India for just 4 days is (was) ridiculous! But it was the only way for all of us to go all together (long weekend due to a bank holiday in UK). I wouldn't have gone so far if it would have been a trip of my planning but I think I would have regretted it if I wouldn't have gone!

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