23rd February 2014 (Day 15) Sardargarh to Manvar, Rajasthan, India

This morning we piled into the bus for a journey to Manvar Desert Camp.  Before too long we had come up behind an elephant, though it was riding in the back of the truck.

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The roads are quite often narrow.

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Perhaps this was even the same elephant we saw from the train two posts ago.

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The strips are for the woven base of beds, such as the ones in front.

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We stopped at a small family business making rugs, a skill passed down from one generation to another.

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We purchased a smaller one similar to the large one in the middle.  Raj, our driver, is on the right.

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Back on the road again … (though not so much heat, canned or otherwise).

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Indian driving.  A truck is overtaking a tanker and a bend is coming up.  There is a cow on the road on the bend and another truck behind it.  Click image if you want to see this more clearly in a larger view.

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