The Final Battle

Kathakali In Kochi

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January 29th 2007
We were pre-warned by passing travellers of Fort Cochin's reputation as a mozzie-fest and were almost put off from visiting at all. It's island setting and abundance of water is the perfect breeding ground for the little critters who reputedly eat you for breakfast, lunch and dinner (and the posh mozzies even tuck into you at supper). Regardless, we felt we had to visit and brave it anyway, as one ... 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