Hotel Sona Jaisalmer

... oil in them. After draining as much of the oil as possible, I only managed to down about half of my small pizza, leaving the restaurant hungrier than when I entered it. At least I was well lubricated.<br><br>After walking around a bit more, Tony and I went for not one but two dinners - to fill the void left by the horrible lunch pizzas. For my first dinner, I ate at the Trio, where we had had a tolerable dinner the night before. While there we got into a conversation with ...

... fort is the only inhabited fort in the World, and is listed as an endangered monument. Due to the excess capacity of water that it pumps through its plumbing system ( much above its actual capacity) this fort is under constant threat of self destruction. <br><br>In the early hours of the day we walked near the fort area where we first saw the Mandir Palace, an intricately decorated palacial building now a ...

... under illuminated hotel signage. The whole thing seemed to lack the romanticism that one would expect from a camel safari. I guess I was hoping for something more adventuresome, sorta Indiana Jonesish, maybe at least setting up your own tent rather than a tented village. <br><br>For us Jailsamer the city seemed far more interesting. It was an opportunity to wander through some of the most incredible streets I've ever seen. The ...

... and bustle of crowded city centre. just a few minutes drive from the railway station.in fact we can see the hotel from the train entering the station. the hotel staff promptly pounced on the luggage as soon as the taxi stopped. we had booked in advance and they were ready. all smiles. going out of their way to provide us with adjoining rooms. upgraded one of our rooms free of cost. even plush five star hotels can't provide such service ...

After a night in a "sleeper" bus which we all agreed to call "bumper bus".. 2 1m90 (6.3 ft?) guys trying to sleep in a little 1.3 sq meter compartment is not easy and if you had David toes almost into my nose and the bus jumping on every single bumps from the road then it becomes really challenging..!! .. we reach the Thar desert, near the Pakistan border, North West of India. The 3 girls, David and I signed up for a 2 day camel safari ...

I took a trip on a two day camel safari into the Thar desert which was an amazing experience. The camel trek took us through a number of small remote villages that barely scratch a living from the brief period after the monsoons that allow simple crops to be grown in the dry barren earth. Poverty is the way of life here and very few of the people even have shoes to protect them from the sharp rocks or burning desert sands, the begging in ...

... up to the fort to take a look around. I didn't want to visit the museum, sure it would be just like the one in Jodhpur so we walked around the fort looking at the old buildings and climbing up onto the walls to look outside. We had a meal in a restaurant on the walls and watched the sun go down. After that we had a lassie in the lassie shop, had a great night.. ask me about it I may tell you. The next day we booked a tour into the desert ...

... surrendered, but, when facing certain defeat rode out into the hoards of the approaching armies to take as many of the foe to their death with them as possible whilst the women sought collective ritual suicide by throwing themselves into a fire or off the high castle walls into the abyss, rather than be taken prisoner. These principalities united at Independence, with the region taking on the name Rajasthan (Land of the Kings) and opted to be ...

... an indian, stringed, violin type instrument and went through the Tilon-ki-Pol to the Gadi Sagar lake where we watched the budding magicians play action hide and seek in the temples surrounding the water. The shrieks of joy we heard were probably because we had just paid them their equivalent of a king's ransom for their show. The Tilon-ki-Pol is a gate said to have been built by a famous prostitute. When she offered to pay to have the gate built, the ...

... to have dinner tonight. Went to Saffron for coffee (DK) banana lassi (me) **Rps 60** we sat in the courtyard and read for a bit. Very nice, very Mediterranean. <br>Back at the room we sat in the balcony enjoying the sun reading and just watching the world go by. We went to Trio for dinner tonight. Veg kofta, mixed veg, pea &amp; mushroom curry, bread rice and lassi 475 Rps Whoop! Was very nice, very nice indeed. Got back to the hotel packed our bag paid the bill and went to sleep.