Our camels resting

Week 10 – Jodhpur – Jaisalmer – Bikaner

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December 23rd 2008
We arrived in Jodhpur and were besieged by auto rickshaw drivers the moment we got off the bus. Then out of the chaos appeared a smiling face who said he would pay for our rickshaw if we had a look at his hotel. Although no thing is ever for free in India, we took him up on his offer. The hotel turned out to be nice, with a good crowd of people, so we stayed, but I'm sure we paid for the ricksha ... 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