The village girls

Jaisalmer Desert City

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May 26th 2007
Untitled Day 1 Arrival & Local Dance & sleeping with jackals After an exhausting 12 hour drive from Jaipur across desert roads, the greated walled city of Jaisalmer rose before us. Considering that the land is flat, it was a great sight to behold. Yet the first thing we did as tourists in the city was hit the sack and sleep til evening! Fully restored our fi ... 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