Desert storm?

Jaisalmer and the desert

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August 25th 2010
I have previously wondered why Indian public transport seems so devoid of westerners. Where are all the backpackers going, and how are they getting there? Well now I know the answer. They are all on the train to Jaisalmer. At the station me and French-Canadian Girl (henceforth, for the sake of convenience, to be known as FCG), actually met some other tourists! Who talked to us! This was quite u ... 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