The town at sunrise

Jaisalmer by Jonny White

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January 24th 2011
The bus from Pushkar to Jaisalmer was almost beyond mention - an over night 10 hour arduous slog that we had to our bad luck to endure in seats and not the private if ever desolate solitude of a sleeping compartment that we were at this stage used to... The bus - a worn out rust plagued old wreck that looked more like it should be in use as one for day trips of the criminally insane - field trip t ... 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