Erik keeping cool Arabian style

Desert but not deserted

---

April 21st 2005
Woohoo 47 degrees Celsius!!!! It was just too damn hot here. The only reason we came here was to go out to the Thar Desert on the borderline to Pakistan and ride some camels, so we didn’t waste any time in booking the trek. The night before the trek we wondered around and visited the local "Government approved bhang shop". Erik and I sipped strong bhang tea and ate some bhang cookies and ch ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jaisalmer

---

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