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Johdpur (The Blue City) - Home to the mighty Kite Festival

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August 18th 2011
The journey from udaipur to johdpur was amazing, all be it very bumpy. The scenery slowly changed from lush green mountains to arid flat desert and before we knew it we had arrived. Having been told by numerous other backpackers that yogi's guesthouse was the place to be we jumped into a rickshaw and headed there, only to realise that we had been taken to cosy guesthouse! After explaining 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