Hotel Jaisal Castle Jaisalmer

... money of tourists that allows them to remain living in the fort, thereby keeping it viable.<br><br>Tony and I then excused ourselves for dinner, at which point the vendor recommended an Italian restaurant that made good pizzas - using real olive oil. Given our disastrous pizza experience from the previous day, we were skeptical. However, the Krishna Boulangerie ended up serving us our best meal of the trip. And once again it was a case of a good place not being in the ...

... of burnt cockroach would have been preferable to the smells drifting up and down the coach from either end. The restrooms are located at each end of the coach. The oder is worse when we are stopped in a station, parked over the sewage between the tracks. Once the train moves the air begins to move and things improve. I am beginning to get a bit worried.... After nearly two months here, I seem to be getting used to this place.<br><br>My thoughts drift back ...

... the sleeper train was fun and the cyle lock czame in handy to lock my back to my bed, hey no one is stealing that!!<br>we had proper indian food for 10 ruppess just 12p ridicoulosy cheap for food, im so not complingin!!<br>the sleep was ok, so many mossies tho here than africa and also a nice old couple belching and ******* all night it keep me and liz laughing loads ;)<br>got to Jaisaimer and its just ...

... it is there in a brand new hotel. i called up the same taxi driver for a drive to sam sand dunes, 1800, he said, he had gained my confidence so i did not bargain much and settelled for 1500 rupees. the actual ongoing rate was around 1000 rupees i was told later. this has given anupama a lot of ammunition to use about my bargaining power in our future arguments. it was cloudy and drizzling when we reached sam sand dunes. we were immediately ...

... with small shrubs and clumps of grasses. Even though it was late afternoon the heat was still fierce and I would suggest that in the height of summer it would not be an experience easy to tolerate. As the day wore on the heat dissipated and the sand became softer and the now sparse vegetation became rarer and rarer. As the sun dipped over the horizon we stopped and made camp in a rocky patch in amongst the dunes. Gingerly I eased off ...

... so clear, every star lit individually. The food was also a highlight with near infinite supplies of chapati and after every meal I was left feeling comfortably full. After days walking in the baking sun without washing I must have smelt like sin by the time we took the jeep back to town. We splashed out on a nice room with hot water, bought ourselves a good western dinner and crashed out for the night. The next morning we took the bus to Udaipur.

... a few times). You also want to be careful not to step on the rats which can prove a bit tricky. The entrance to the temple is surprisingly beautifully decorated with stunning marble carvings. We needed all our newly attained good luck to survive the haphazard driving of yet another Insh'Allah bus driver who put our lives on the line on the way back Our Hotel, the Harasar Haveli, is well recommended for all budgets. Jaisalmer - the Golden City When we ...

... went to the Dhanraj Bhatia traditional sweets shop in the market to try some local specialties. These blokes have been in the business for 10 generations and the treats were of a divine recipe. We tried the very more-ish ghotua ladoos and panchadahri ladoos which are sweet meat balls made with gram or wheat flour. There was a local election today in town and the supporters of the winning party stormed through town throwing water and red powder on everybody ...