Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Cyber Cafe @Jaisalmer Fort
A Cyber Cafe @Jaisalmer Fort. They say it is a "living fort" with about 5000 townspeople still living in it.. n o'course, there r shops n commercial establishments inside the fort.
Built when the city was founded in 1156, every part of Jaisalmer fort , from its outer walls to the palace, temples and houses within, is made of soft yellow Jurassic sandstone.
Jaisalmer lay on the camel trade route between India and Central Asia, a caravan serai for traders and earned its share of profits without producing anything of its own. But the rise of the shipping trade and development of the Bombay port led to its decline in importance.
