A rather proud statue

Sandcastle in the sky

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April 15th 2011
After my rather disastrous camel trip in the desert I arrived in Jaisalmere a bit fraught and not in the best of moods. Consequently I headed to the one hotel that the lonely planet said would be hassle free (Hotel Swastika), which it was. It took me a while to find though because no one would tell me how to get there. Everyone told me it was either miles away or closed, and then all offered to ta ... 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