Hi there, Well onto the next entry which is the desert town of Jaisalmer. We arrived after an horrific bus journey which lasted 6 hours, the bus was jammed packed and very uncomfortable with children sitting at our feet. After that we vowed not to take another bus journey which lasted for more than an hour. Getting off the bus we were surrounded...

(Brent) After one night on a train, followed by a night in a desert tent, it was luxurious to arrive at our Jaisalmer hotel, a many-starred resort outside of town. Showering off a few days of cold and dirt was great. Great! The hotel looked like a small desert resort, like a smaller version of the fanciest place we once stayed at in Phoenix. I d...

Brent: When our train was due to arrive we found our way to our platform and waited. And waited. An hour and twenty minutes late it arrived. Waiting was OK because we had lots of company (mostly passengers, families, army guys, a few rats, which I didn't tell Amy about 'til later) and I liked watching them put a new train together in the switch ...

i am on the worlds slowest computer and am getting angry - cant think why the palmist described me as firey and quicktempered! india is making me more patient though - everything is slow if it arrives at all. We are in Jaislamer - it really is a sand castle on top of a hill. we d show you the photos, but still cant upload. did see that someone ...

So for the next three weeks I'll be traveling around Rajasthan and then Agra and Varanasi with Jess, Mandi (a fabulously witty Brit), and Sharon (a once-progressive hippie now super-conservative mother of one). Below is my general itinerary (since we all met through a company that arranges very basic backpacker travel--we're talking basic, budge...

We done it hoorah. Tim So we've been talking about cycling West and seeing Jaisalmer emerge out of the desert for weeks. This was our first major cycling destination. Our first "well-deserved beer" goal. And we got here after the hardest day so far. There were a lot of hills, a lot of wind and a lot of bumpy bits. The last 40km (for me) felt lik...

Jaisalmer is a fantastic fort town right on the edge of the desert. We found a great hotel on the edge of the fort with fantastic views from our room. Had a look around the town and fort palace - all very impressive, but the main reason for our visit to the town was to do a camel safari. We booked a 4 day trek through the hotel and set off early...