Desert Boys Guest House Jaisalmer

We decided to go on a camel safari in the Thar desert which borders Pakistan and is not far Jaisalmer. You can do a number of different safaris on different routes, some more touristy than others and from anything from 1-30 days. We organised our camel safari through our guesthouse and decided to go for three days on a non tourist route. This cost us 1000 rupees each per day which includes all meals, water and camping equipment, which is about ...

... fins a l'hotel ja em te captivat.<br><br>Si Jaisalmer no existis, caldria inventar-la, es tal qual un s'imagina que hauria de ser una ciutat sortida d'algun dels contes de les 1001 nits, el lloc ideal a on les caravanes de camells s'aturaven abans o despres de creuar el desert, un port comercial al bell mig de la ruta de la seda, malgrat la recent comercialitzacio que ha fet sorgir cafes d'internet per tot arreu talment com si fossin bolets i que acabara ...

... and ate great mutton rogan josh, yum!<br><br>On our second day we were required to get up early as we had booked ourselves on a desert camel safari! The itinerary involved a jeep ride into the desert where we would meet our camels and guides, then we would ride all day, including stops at villages and a long lunch, then overnight on the sand dunes. Being in the desert meant no shade so no avoidance of the sun ...

... untouchable classes are not allowed residence). We found this a bit curious since the India constitution of 1948 eliminated the caste system. Apparently someone forgot to tell the residents of Jaisalmer. As he tells us this, he points to a dark-skinned village woman, with baby in arms, trying to sell jewelry and trinkets to the tourists-"She is of the untouchable class and not allowed in the fort". Such a comment was offensive to us, but ...

I write this from sleeping berth 3, 2nd class compartment A-1 of the Jaisalmer - Delhi express, somewhere outside Jodhpur at the end of my second successful day of not wanting to throw up once. The word "express" is used a little liberally - the journey is under 1000km, but takes just under 16 hours, moving at a speed of well under 65 km./hr - not exactly what you'd call just zipping along. The train, however, is comfortable enough, and the heavy wool ...

... deserved siesta. After a couple of hours we mounted our camels, fully recharged, and headed for a camp site some eighteen kilometers from the Pakistan border. We arrived an hour before sunset, a great mass of sand dunes springing up from nowhere through the arid landscape. It wasn't the desert that you read of in books or see in films, but was, nevertheless, an amazing sight to behold. We left our guides to set up camp and ran off like kids to explore these ...

... we had on us. We learned a lot about desert life from Simon and the little ones who all had better English than Baba. An arranged marriage would cost the man around 2000 rupees, the same as the price of a goat. All of the drivers had no idea when their birthday is, or even their real age. Baba said he thinks he might be 40 because his father made a note in a book somewhere about it. Baba was paid 1000 rupees per month as a camel driver, and the ...

... comme prévu je vais au Népal . J ai un peu peur d y avoir froid ! Je suis rentrée me laver. C est cool avec les filles on s entend bien et on arrive à avoir notre petit moment de solitude quand on en a besoin l une après l autre! La c'était le mien ! C est nécessaire car on est tout le temps ensemble sinon et après il risque d'y avoir des tensions. Pour l instant c est top ! Une fois toute propre, le temps à passé si vite qu'il était l heure d' aller au rendez vous avec la suisse. On s'est ...

... know. Later on in the evening i took on my second cold shower for the trip, i really did not think i could do it again, but i guess everything on this trip is unpredictable, including my tendency, and determination to take cold showers. Today, we got a bus from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer, 6 hrs, it was doable if we didn't have to get any trains. However, when we realised that this bus was overbooked, and overcrowded (this was not a tourist bus) we were ...

... of "I could be your hero baby".... it was time to go... BEING AN ODDITY We have mostly been on the tourst trail so far but when we got dropped off at the wrong stop last week , we were truly "off the beaten track" where there were no "whiteys"- we were truly the oddity to the extent that we had people staring at us off buses and one even took a photo of us!! We felt very foreign! MENU ODDITIES (1) Beef Strog Knouf (2) Fried Chapped Balls (3) To be continued.....