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Nov 14, 2011

Traders at the Pushkar Camel Fair

This is our last coverage of the Camel Fair at Pushkar and the camel traders with their colorful turbans. Tomorrow, we'll look at Pushkar town, made holy by the sacred lake that it is built around and a rare temple to Brahma. It's our final day at Pushkar before we move on to Samode, Rajasthan. ...

Nov 12, 2011
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A spiritual adventure of festivals and ancient temples.

Join our next exciting spiritual adventure to South India and Malaysia in Jan/Feb 2012. The journey is very much focused on visiting temples, exploring deeply the mysticism of Hinduism, meeting the priests and monks, participating in mystical ceremonies in the sanctums of 1
Nov 11, 2011

Evening Scene at the Pushkar Camel Fair

Though it is hot during the day most Rajasthani men and women seem unaffected by the heat. As the sun makes its way towards the horizon the lighting gets perfect for photography and photographers gather in large numbers. Here's a collection of photos from later in the day, when t
Nov 2, 2011
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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 wa
Nov 1, 2011
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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 ca
Oct 31, 2011

Spending time with the locals

A big part of our spiritual adventure is to take our travelers of the beaten path and engage them with the locals. In a little village in west Rajasthan our travelers make new friends.
Oct 30, 2011

Camels and Campfire in the Desert

For sure one of the highlights of our spiritual adventure so far. We rode on camel carts through the village, past farming land into the Thar desert. Set up a campfire and watched the sunset, enjoyed a delicious dinner and wonderful company. The scenery and atmosphere was ineffab