Hotel Shreenath Palace Jaisalmer

... senior and now the husband drinks while she supports the family by selling cheap jewelry at the fort. And I thought I had a rough life . . .<br><br>All this people watching made us hungry so we found what looked to be a decent Italian "fusion" restaurant within the fort. The pizzas we had turned out to be our worst meal of the trip (so far - there's still time to beat this record yet). The chef must have confused our pizzas with a car because they each had about a quart ...

... if he was indeed asking for forty rupees only. the hotel though out of the city is near the station, still forty rupees is very cheap. i was to find the hiden cost later in the day. checked in hotel jaisalgarh. it is a new hotel, we had a 50% discount deal from citibank magic holidays. nice peaceful place away from the maddening crowds. not exactly five star but nice clean place with extra helpful staff. it is a new hotel away from the ...

... and spend one night in a gorgeous old haveli on the edge of town.We're kind of in off season so we have the huge swimming pool pretty much to ourselves and spend a marvelous 26 hours doing pretty much nothing. Well, our excuse is that we need to recharge our batteries before our 19 hour train journey to Delhi, where we are meeting up with Nikki and Rumi, hurrah!

... and what they recomended for length of trip etc. With something to think about we went to bed for an early night. We had heard that there was going to be a "camel festival" in Jaisalmer that weekend, so the next morning, the friday we rushed over to the stadium to see the activities. There was a parade, a "Mr. Desert" competition, turban tying race and the longest moustache competition. All good fun but we felt we had sat still long enough and ...

... treks. Seems camel college is a wise vocational move. A catchphrase from camel college: "twenty four hours, no toilet no shower". The rhyming couplets come thick and fast in India! We spend our final evening in Jaisalmer with the American, Ryan and the Argentine couple, Ana and Patricio, having a great Indian dinner and a couple of Kingfishers. We will spend the night on the train back to Jodhpur before catching a connecting train to Ajmer, then a bus to Pushkar.

... show for a ridiculous fee of course. They were dressed the part in turbans, toeless clown shoes and carrying a mysterious bag of tricks. I'm always keen to support up and coming magicians, so we agreed to see the show. It was not too bad and featured some old Indian magic tricks with rope and cups. The cheeky boys were most charming and had the theatrical performance presence happening so we parted with a few rupees in appreciation. Next, we passed a musician ...