Hotel Siddhartha Jaisalmer

... and ran with people laughing at me. But dont worry i survived the attack from a baby monkey, my dignity wasn't qiute so lucky<br><br>Next up was the train, 22 hours north to Jaipur. We got on the train easliy and as we were pulling away the sun was setting over Mumbai i was reminded of an advert where the slogan is 'Survive Mumbai, survive the world' and i felt quite pleased i'd kicked its ass and was ready for anything that lay ahed.<br><br>Jaipur<br><br>So it became clear very ...

... clear and there were so many stars out that I had some difficulty getting my bearings among the constellations. <br><br>After dinner, we broke up early and asked to be taken back to the hotel. We told the camel driver, Ali,that normally we would give a good tip, but we were not doing so this evening and he knew why.We reported the incident to FiFu the ownerof Fifu guesthouse that night . <br><br>If you ever take a Camel Safari, never let your bag out of your sight!<br><br>

... spent the whole time calling him Sunday. It was really hot out there and I looked really nerdy in all my desert gear that i bought specially for the trip as I thought you've got to be prepared, but it wasn't really that bad and I just got suckered into all the shop keepers who say its super hot and sand stormy etc etc hah!<br><br>We chose our tour provider Ganesh cos its headman says the ...

... whip if he'd let me ride on his back with relative comfort and ease. We reached an agreement and set off. <br>The camel riding experience was far from the bum-numbing bumpy ride I had expected, and much more a slow, hip swerving movement. Having gotten comfortable with the 'controls' of the beast, I felt positively cool riding out into the desert on the back of this strange creature. We rode for 2 hours, listening to Abdulah's desert songs and admiring the ...

... to the prime minister) but the girl said she would never marry the prime minister and would commit suicide if she was forced to do so. The family (and whole village) then decided to uproot and move to a different part of the country. Three of the houses were restored and we were able to see the style in which they were decorated as well as the traditional wood ceiling. In one of the houses there was a room that had many bats living in it. Bats are pretty ...

... rajasthan is rightly billed the most romantic state in india. brightly colored, gauzy saris flutter in the desert wind against backdrops of golden forts and havelis rising out of the identically colored sands of the earth, or equally picturesque against masses of blue tinted homes undulating over the surface of hill ringed, castle dominated villages. cows wander the street everywhere you go, rounding corners, disappearing down darkening alleyways, horns ...

... There were some seats and a European lady was watching. Below about 10 meters away, within a fenced compound, there were hundreds of cranes feeding on grains. On and off one or a couple or a small group would take flight and some others would join the others extending their necks picking up the grains. It's pure joy watching them. M went down stairs along the perimeter to an inner area where another ...

... sand castle from the desert that surrounds it. We also found seriously scrummy mo-mo's and cake as an alternative to Indian cuisine. Between buses and trains to Agra to see the mighty Taj so must make moves. Hope you are all well and good. XXX P.S Paps- i saw a MASSIVE vulture looking fit and well between Jaisalmer and Jodhpur today. P.P.S Sher- we saw a mongoose too!

... her...so she walked the FOUR km through the desert to the road...this is the 'short cut' they said....the quickest way out of the desert. Tomorrow we leave for Pushkar. Many more stories to be filled in...including our encounter with the Desert King, who runs the guest house we're staying at. He just keeps hollering (literally HOLLERING) "Pretty Girls!!!" at us. Over and over. Anyhoooo.....big smooches from just East of the Pakistan border (don't tell my Mama...oh ****....Hi Mama!).....

... battlements over the vast desert were superb. The museum of the royal palace in the fort was similar to Jodhpur but I'm afraid did not live up to the entertainment value. Still it was still interesting and the view from the very top really overlooking to whole of the fort was well worth it. The next day we took it easy and just had a stroll around town. In the afternoon we had to meet the first of three trains to take us to the beaches of Goa.