A camel master sits waiting in vain for business as the sun sets over the Thar desert in the village of Sam in the western Indian state of Rajasthan near the border with Pakistan June 17, 2002. Camel rides are a popular tourist attraction on the dunes at Sam, but the resort has attracted hardly any foreign tourists for many months, first because of the war in Afghanistan, then because of India's military standoff with neighbouring Pakistan. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore