Whats for Dessert? Desert Sand and Ruins(Dialup warning!)

[tsk1979]

Lets start with a 900 year old fort. also called the "Sonar Kila" or Golden fort, its one of the oldest "living" forts in the world. by living fort I mean people still have houses inside the fort. And you thought your 10 year old apartment has grown old :D
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The CentoPahs, or memorial umbrellas of kings gone by
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Fossils millions of year old. I found seashells here, from the time when Indian subcontinent crashed against mainland Asia
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Finally the desert starts, its going to get sandier and sandier
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Ship of the desert
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Finally the dunes.
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The night has fallen, and we will sleep now, on the sands
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But how can you sleep when there are so many stars!
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The day breaks
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Time to head back
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Time for monuments
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more
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From the fort walls
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The Golden fort again
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The ruined village. Residents of Kuldahara left overnight 500 years ago.
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All that remains are the buildings
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The old temple is still standing
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The only inhabitents are bats
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Bat droppings
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In closing, a salt lake
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[schmoo]

Again, thanks so much for taking us on this journey with you! Stunning views and I love the night shots, of course. I'm very surprised more people haven't left comments for you! :thumb

[tsk1979]

Thanks schmoo. This one was from the archives(Autumn 2008)

[Eia]

I really like the night shots. The one with the lights on in the interior of the vehicle is different! What a place to see!

[tsk1979]

The place is Jaisalmer, a small town in the Thar desert.
Sand dunes start around 50kms from the town.
This place sees much more foreign tourist than domestic, esp travellers from Europe. Infact many local hotels have one or two people who speak french, spanish, german and even korean to attract foreign tourists.
Since a nice room costs less than 50$, and ditto for the desert safari, it makes for a very cheap vacation since airfares from Europe are not very high.

[Art Scott]

very nice series.....:thumb:bow:thumb:bow:thumb:bow:thumb:bo w:thumb:bow:bow:thumb

In the 1st night shot there is a very cool flare(?)up in the sky.....dang near looks like a Scfi radio wave or a beam coming from the mother ship:D to take you away:rofl