Hindu elephant-god Ganesh, Lord of success, Destroyer of obstacles.

Chittorgarh was a wonderful surprise. It's not like there is much to the town itself, but there's an amazing fort, 11 km wide, full of Jain temples, Hindu temples, castles, etc. It was very nice to walk along the fort and meet all the local people from Chittorgarh, who were having a leisurable Sunday up at the fort, praying, feeding the monkeys and taking photos of us, weird Caucasian people!

This time WE were the tourist attraction of the place, as opposed to the other way around. A nice change, I must admit. We joked with them and asked them for rupies for every picture and they were laughing like children.. more...

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As I hopped out of the jeep from Jaisalmer a mustacioed man approached me and offered to rent me a camel. Seeing I had no girlfriend by my side he knew I was desperate for some companionship to enjoy sunset on the Sam sand dunes, even if that companion was quite hairy and drooling a bit. The western sky, sun already low over the horizon, looked like superman ice cream running down a windshield. "Okay. But what's her name?" I asked as I climbed onto her back. "Hare Krishna," he said.

I looked at Hare and Hare at me and we rode off into the sunset.

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