Heritage Resort Bikaner

... animal tinguin mes de la meitat de la poblacio malalta, pero be, suposo que el personal del temple deu anar massa atrafegat per a ocupar-se d'aquestes trivialitats. La visita es una mica llampec ja que passejar-se amb els peus descalcos per aquell terra tan brut amb restes de menjar i rates que se't creuen per tot arreu fa una mica d'angunia (les noies franceses que tinc davant no paren de xisclar, pobretes, i fan la visita en un temps record). Pero als ...

... quilt laid on the sand. I mentioned earlier that in the desert the silence is deafening, well I mean that literally, I awoke during the night around 2 am to absolute silence, no crickets, no birds, no swirling of wind in my ears, nothing, in my half awake stupor I thought I'd gone deaf, it was that quiet.

I could write for hours about our desert experience the heat, the scenery and the people we met along the way. I could write about how camels chew the ...

... will hardly forget the moments spent wandering in between the exquisite monuments. There are several captivating destination in Rajasthan to visit and enjoy the astounding beauty of this place. Jaipur- the Pink City of India, Udaipur- the City of Lakes, Jaisalmer- the princely state of India, Jodhpur- the sun city of India, Pushkar, Agra, Mandawa, Kota etc are the popular destination that one ...

... passed on the opportunity, shame on me, but I could not bring myself to try it. Other things, yeah. Camel milk just held no appeal whatsoever. We got back on the bus which took us to the hotel for dinner (rooftop restaurant). I didn't eat much, still worried about my stomach, but the meal I had was just all right, nothing special. (Ok, I chose the wrong time to try the non-veg option ;-)) Our tour leader basically told us not to leave the hotel ...

... allés visiter le fort et le centre de recherche sur les chameaux. En fait ils recherchent génétiquement le moyen de faire résister encore plus les chameaux à la chaleur du désert. Ils les font naître articiellement. Un chameaux naissant et déjà bien grand, c est la première fois que j en voyais. Ensuite nous sommes allés visiter une association humanitaire. La femme qui a crée sa premiere association il y a 30 ans a adopté plusieurs enfants mais ils ne restent pas dans l ...

... Temple" aka, Karni Mata. There are thousands of rats running around, doing what rats do best: eating, drinking, deficating. EVERYWHERE. This isn't a place where I would recommend to everyone, but personally, I found it to be one of the best temples I've seen. The temple itself was unspectacular, but how could something covered in rats possibly dissapoint?

... I was scraping my feet clean (the floor was a bit dirty, you see) when some nice people let us know the infamous white rat had been spotted today, out the right hand door. We went, but he had already left. The crowd wandered off, and just as we were preparing to leave, our lucky rat made an appearance. We called everyone back, and they all seemed genuinely enthusiastic about its appearance. I wondered if the other rats got jealous, and then I wondered if my feet were clean enough.

... is the name of the temple), an incarnation of another god, asked the god of death to restore to life the son of a grieving storyteller. Death god said no, so in revenge Karni Mata turned all dead storytellers into rats, thereby denying Death god of human souls. It's supposed to be good luck if a rat scurries across your feet, and not five minutes after we walked in I had one hop right onto my foot and hang out for a second before scurrying away. We ...

... from Bombay who were working - tangentally - for a Bollywood movie - supplying firearms to the set. It was nice - but we were more than ready for Bikaner! On our way there, we stopped at the rat temple. For those of you who know me well, you know that I can handle many things that make others skwimish (cockroaches, snakes, spiders) so conquering my fear of rats was/is a huge step for me!! The rats run freely ...

... choices So tonight, we hop aboard another night train, which by chance, originates from here. As we wait for the train to come in, fireworks explode everywhere. Is this to say goodbye, is this for the wedding celebrations, or are they celebrating the circumcision of the young boys !!! This, we will nefer find out, and hopefully, even though we are not holding our breaths, nobody will be in our bed, or I will be the bear who states, WHO IS SLEEPING IN MY BED !!!