Tag: Great Thar Desert
7 Posts
The Great Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India
Here are more photos from our morning in the Great Thar Desert. After witnessing a spectacular sunrise our camel drivers made us some very delicious masala chai. A nice way to wake up in the morning. The night was chilly but they has supplied us with enough blankets to keep us warm. With no stray...
Read More
A night in the Great Thar Desert
Definitely one of the highlights of our trip so far has been the night we spent in the Great Thar desert. From Jodhpur we drove 300kms west to Jaisalmer, the last town way out in the Great Thar desert. From here we drove out on jeeps the next day another hour west, then got on…
Read More
Desert Flowers
The Rajasthani people are truly like desert flowers. Not only are they colorful and bright in their dress against a stark backdrop, their hospitality is as welcoming as the sight of a flower. I shot this photo in the Great Thar Desert about 90-minutes west of Jaisalmer, the last town before this ...
Read More
Camel Driver of the Thar Desert
This photo was taken out in the Great Thar Desert. We had stopped to spend the night in the sand dunes and as the sun was about to make its way past the horizon I asked our camel driver to pose for a photo. He willingly obliged.
Read More
The Great Thar Desert
We continue with our series of photographs from Rajasthan after taking a week long break to cover the recent Hindu Youth Camp in West Virginia that I was invited to teach at. Today’s photo was taken at the Great Thar Desert also known as the Great Indian Desert. It is located in the northwe...
Read More
Desert Dwellers
As our jeep headed west from Jaisalmer we made our way further into the Great Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert) I could only wonder to myself how people lived here. Over an hour later after driving on a single lane road we arrived at a group of mud huts in the…
Read More
Jaisalmer, in the Great Thar Desert
Jaisalmer is picturesque and truly a gem in the desert. Isolated, it’s an oasis in the Great Thar Desert, with its giant sandcastle like fort. It is also the base for many an adventurous trek into the ocean of sand. The old fort in the centre of town is majestic against the desert backdrop ...
Read More
