Lunch is served

Desultory desert days (aka Jill gets the hump in the Thar desert)

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January 6th 2012
The early morning air was invigorating, but this far from the city smog we basked in sunshine as we washed in our separate (warm!) shower cubicle. Perhaps not surprisingly, breakfast Sahib-style broke with the standard regime of parantha, curd and pickles and was all the more welcome given that we’ve eaten the same fare three times a day since our arrival. As much as we have enjoyed “going nat ... 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