Brian on the Dunes

Sandcastles and Camels

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August 3rd 2006
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 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