Inside The Fort...

the giant sandcastle, camel safaris, dal, and chapati

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May 25th 2006
So! We arrived in Jaisalmer, off a long-ish overnight train, and were immidiately bombarded by a slew of commission-workers, trying to get us to go to their hotel. GAH!. okay, so this happens allll the time. They see two white people through the windows of the train, and wont stop badgering until you've hopped into a rickshaw, and driven away fast. We had to wait in line, however, to book more tra ... 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