The Sunset

The Backwaters and Beyond

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February 18th 2007
After Munnar we went down the mountains into the state of Kerala, where we met up with Lena and Camilla again in a friendly little homestay in a town called Allepey. Kerala is boiling hot, especially having just been in the cool mountains. A lot of people walk around with umbrellas for shade, which still makes me confused when there's no rain! Quite a good beach in Allepey, and strangely it was ve ... 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