Interior, Umaid Bhawan Palace

Jodhpur

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August 19th 2006
Jodhpur's hot, busy, buzzing, but has a great fort and palace (and just as importantly, our little hotel ( the cheapest yet) turned out to have the surprising additions of a swimming pool and huge gardens, otherwise we'd be COMPLETELY insane with the heat by now...) Three days here and already dreaming of moving on. I like it, but it's huge - takes 30 mins in a rackety, bumpy tuktuk to get anywh ... 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