Dholu Maru Jaisalmer

... to buy! On the Saturday we had a really good Indian meal, although we ordered two dishes which were both meant to be boneless chicken and both had bones in and they were meant to be different dishes but both were the same! But they tasted good and we had the best garlic and onion naan ever! We went on a camel safari and stayed at a little camp in the desert where we slept under the stars and we ate dinner to traditional Indian music and dance. One camel ...

... worth seeing. What wasn't worth seeing were the annoying children asking for school pen, toffee and rupees. Dad has an idea to give the unsavories to the children, which provokes the most violent Indian child fight I have seen. These kids are literally bleeding one another for these things. Dad has to jump in and break the kids apart and hand them out one by one. I guess Indians really like their treats.<br><br>We also stopped in this ...

... and just sit on the beaches there and chill until we met this amazing guy that afternoon, his name was Homme (sure the spelling isnt right but its said like that) anyway he owned this little internet place we found, called Dylans Cafe where they play, and I quote, your favarate tunes..... <br><br>Its funny how when you feel like giving up someone or something always comes along and picks you back up and this is exactly what Homme did, we didnt tell him our troubles, but ...

... most of the leaders and intellectuals are from that caste. He is very proud of his heritage and even more so that he was born (had the good fortune to be born) into the highest of castes. He was knowledgeable and interesting. I was intrigued by the inch long hairs protruding from the sides of his ear lobes, like little beards. We first went to visit the Gadisgar Lake. This is a rainwater reservoir that was built in 1367 and at one time was ...

... come from a cow. Only in India! I continued on my way back to the fort and I stopped in a shop that had some fun looking tapestries. While I was in there I asked the guy where an ATM was and he offered to take me on his motor bike, thus, I got my first Indian motor bike ride. I didn't ride my favorite way, Sari Side Saddle as I call it, but it was still a fun ride. The first ATM we tried didn't work for me so I was able to spend more time on the bike ...

... of riding all three of our camels turned to look behind us in unison. They must have heard something I'd missed so I looked around to follow their gaze. Behind us one of the spare camels carrying the gear was legging it full speed at a right angle to our group. "Funny" I thought. I then looked a little further behind and Pilu was lay prostrate on the floor with his legs waggling in the air. As we surveyed this bizarre scene the three other camel drivers, far ...

... out for a bit but found it was still too hot. My fan was on full blast in my room which made it comfortable enough. Indira explained that a saree is made up of 3 pieces - the petticoat skirt, the blouse, and the really long (6 meters?) piece of cloth that drapes around the whole body. I want to find one. I also want to get my hands henna'd sometime in the next week so that I can take it back with me. Just got back from dinner ...

... very cold but no horns which was refreshing. Camelled through the next day and returned to Jaisalmer in the afternoon. Who knew camels were such multi taskers - *******, pooing, *******, walking, carrying, chewing, blubbering AND trying to seduce other camels all at once! Spent the following 2 days exploring the fort and the town. Not much there really but nice to be somewhere quieter. Did some shopping, much to Wiz's delight, although Jeremy succumbed and bought stuff too.

... you into their shops. We enjoyed "Cheap phone calls, mummy and daddy are missing you", "let me have your beautiful fingers on my keyboard" and our favourite " let me get a chance to rip you off". I was actually looking forward to pass by that street just to see what they would come up with next. We have lunch on one side of the fort at a cool little place called little Tibet. It is now starting to be really hot. <br>Jaisalmer seems to be much quieter than ...

... the camel stride and soon you can relax the tight grip on the saddle, with increasing confidence that you were not going to be thrown. The camel movements were mostly from front to back rather from side to side. The only difficulty was for the boys on a decent and putting up with the ***** of the camel infront. After around 2hrs ride we arrived at the camp site. Getting off the camel was an experience much like get up ...