Spent a week in Jaisalmer - the desert. Now in Jodhpur where the connection is faster, I can add some pictures. Each city has some impressive fort, equal to anything in Europe but with an Indian style. Quite impressive. Camel safari was quite fun, but extremely punishing on the first day. The camel moves with a rocking motion, and your legs are unsupported and swing about freely. The result is, that after a few hours it feels as though your legs are being shaken off under their own weight! The desert scenery is unbelieveable, and surprisingly varied, going from moonscape to short grass, to all of one type of shrub, to all of another type of shrub, and often abruptly, as through someone drew a line marking where one should stop and the other begin. Getting
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