I dreaded today's long drive to Khuri Village, near Jaisalmer, but the road was actually really good and we didn't see any dead camels. We did, however, see a lot of live animals on the road- goats, sheep, cows, a deer, and camels, of course. Who knew India had so many camels? Rajasthan certainly does. And on the road there are very few cars, but a lot of big trucks transporting just about anything you can imagine. And we saw a lot of people just standing around, young men mostly. Standing around in villages, at intersections, in the middle of nowhere. Just waiting. For what? Work? A bus? Life? It's sad. But many countries I have visited have young men standing around doing nothing - Vietnam, Cambodia, Jordan, Turkey especially. So many people with no work.
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