Hi guys, So I'm in Newark airport, waiting for my flight to Austin and taking advantage of the blissfully fast wireless to bring you guys up to speed. So after our lovely stay in Jodhpur, Brian, Mona, and I took a sleeper bus through the desert to Jaisalmer. The high point of the bus ride (if one could even call it that) was going through Pokhran, which was where the first nuclear tests done by India were performed under Indira Gandhi's power. Jaisalmer is a great city in the middle of a dry scrubby desert, and honestly, it looks like an oversized sandcastle to me. Just like Jodhpur, Jaisalmer is dominated by its giant fort, but unlike Jodhpur, the fort is still inhabited. Upon a recommendation from our hotel owner in Jodhpur, we chose to stay
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