Alley in the fort

Jaisalmer

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January 8th 2009
Last night around 10:30 we arrived at Jaisalmer we had booked a room in advance and met up with a guy holding a bit of paper wit ARNEI on it. I said that's me. We have today booked a camel safari for 2 days into the desert so we will be out of touch until we arrive by sleeper train to Jaipur on the 11th. Toady we went to see the sand stone fort and palace its a Muslim holiday here so not much was ... 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