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22) Jaisalmer - the golden city in the Thar desert

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April 1st 2005
The trains from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer left at impossible hours, we had to take another bus although we were not very keen on it. It was said to be faster than the train, but the guidebook warned us against a tedious journey, which proved right. There was not much to see, apart from sand, sand, sand, some interspersed rocks, a few shrubs and no trees, Klaudia spotted three small antelopes, ot ... 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