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More Camel Fun!!

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February 3rd 2009
OK were now in Jaisalmer, but before I get into telling you all about our camel safari I forgot to tell you all about our trip to the Rat Temple in Bikaner! The Karni Mata temple is full of sacred rats, that have free run of the whole place. Milk and bread is put out for them and people bring offerings for the gods and the rats. Its actually not as bad as it sounds - cleaner than we thought which ... 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