India - Hodka - Soldiers on a camel

Soldiers from the Indian army ride a camel towards the border of India and Pakistan on the Great Rann Of Kutch. This is a flat salt pan which becomes flooded during the monsoon rains. This is a flat salt pan which becomes flooded during the monsoon rains. This dramtic landscape is often visited by tourists who stay at the the Shaam E Sarhad (sunset at the border) rural resort, a widely respected community based tourism project. The resort is built using local resources and is intended to help visitors experience the richness of traditional culture without obliterating it. | Location: Hodka, Gudjerat, India. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/In Pictures/Corbis via Getty Images)