Camel cart

Camels are a very versatile beast of burden. This one's transporting firewood.

February 21st 2013
I didn't spend 35 years in the travel industry to plan a five-week tour of an interesting country that only includes things every other tourist goes there to see, did I? That's why, when I realised that our journey from Roopangarh to Jaipur would pass within a few miles of the largest salt lake in India and that this was also home to some prolific bird-life, I knew I had to take the 'G ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Sambhar Lake

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

1st April 2013

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Not every day
Can't recall a photo of a camel pulling a cart so this is a beauty. As to salt...I recently discovered or realised that salt from different places tastes different to others. Maybe you could create a niche market outside India if the salt is delightfully tasty. You have not mentioned the taste...does it excite?

Keep Smiling
Mike Fossey

Ships of the desert - and salt
Camels are used quite a lot for pulling carts in Rajasthan - I'll try to include one or two pictures in later blogs. As for the salt, I sampled a wet fingertip of Sambhar and it tasted just like salt (alas!).

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