Dude of the Dunes

Camel Jockeying and Castles in the Sand

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September 10th 2006
Am currently just enjoying my last few hours in the town of Jaisalmer in far west Rajasthan. I have actually spent a little longer here than I foresaw due to a late decision to take a trip out into the desert for 3 days on a camel with a couple of Canadians I met on the journey to here from Jaipur. It was early on Wednesday morning that the trip began as we were ferried out 40kms into the dese ... 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