Matt and Sammy with a cheeky guy we met - one of the funny sales guys in Jaisalmar.

Jaisalmer - just!

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April 18th 2008
The next stop on our tour took us to the fortress city of Jaiselmer. Set up on the top of a sandy rock surrounded by the Thar dessert, Jaisalmer is unique in being a lived in fort rather then a preserved monument. After settling into, what turned out to be our worst hotel of the tour (more of this later) we set off for an orientation tour of the fort area. The buildings are covered in extremely ... 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