Camel-eye view

Camel cruising

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January 26th 2006
We have spent the last couple of days in Jaiselmar, a little place that rises like a big sandcastle out of the Great Thar Desert, near the Indian border with Pakistan. Our first day there was spent exploring the fort, which sits on the top of the sandy mound and houses families, restaurants etc. The place is seriously crumbling and quite large chunks have fallen off in recent years. This do ... 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