Taj Palace Hotel and Gateway to India

Ridin' Dirty in India

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February 19th 2007
I now understand how people can confidently make the categorical statement that there is nowhere else like India. It is dirty, crowded, and crazy but somehow at the same time it is welcoming, beautiful, and peaceful. The two weeks we spent there took us all over the country but we barely even scratched the surface of what we now know to be there. I am really looking forward to going back in Jul ... 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