Our Haveli in Jaisalmer

The outside of our Haveli in Jaislamer, some of the stonework is orginal, but much has been redone. Around this square many of the buildings have been very sympathetically restored. (Ignore the "shops' along the front!!)

Jaisalmer, Hill Fort and a camel ride

August 19th 2006
Hi Everyone The journey to Jaisalmer was uneventful and not as long as the last, just 4 hours traveling through dry and dusty country side, although there had been heavy rain and we had to take a diversion to get through to the cityof Jaisalmer. Jaisalmer’s fort is home to many people, unlike the fort at Bikaner which is really a museum. We stayed within the old city walls in a Havelli(Mansion ... 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

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