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Jaiselmer Diwali with a Bang!!
I originally decided to head to Bikaner before heading off to Jaisalmer and I bought a ticket on the sleeper bus to Bikaner from Jaipur. This was my first time on a sleeper bus, and it was an experience. There are normal seats at floor level and above are sleeper beds. Well I say sleeper beds, they are more coffin shaped glass walled platforms. …
Jaisalmer
For those that don't know, Jaisalmer is in the far western portion of Rajasthan relatively close to the Pakstani border - somewhat in the middle of nowwhere. If the world were truly flat, this place would be somewhere near an edge. It is in the Thar desert and used to be a key cog in the overland Asian trade routes. Today it is a small city with a …
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Only fools ride camels
... next day was at high speed, so the camel drivers could meet their next victims. The fast pace was too much for my butt and I suffered for a week afterwards with major chafing ... I bet you're all really glad to know that!
Once we arrived back in town I got my hair cut. Now despite agreeing a price and telling me they had a shaver, they didn't tell me they didn't have any combs to fit it, so they did a bit of ...
Day 50 - Living on the edge
... very western edge of our journey, where the trees and bushes have definitively conceded to the sun, giving way to the deserts of the Middle-East.
Only five hours earlier we'd been in greenish Jodhpur, trying to escape from our unlighted guesthouse in the middle of the night. Merel got a bit confused in the darkness and was yanking at another guest's door in the hall, thinking we were locked in. Holding on to the walls, we found the actual exit ...
Von palästen, ratten und dem wunder der wüste
... es gut gemeistert und sind nicht heruntergefallen. aber der blick vom rücken des kamels ist schon gigantisch. wir konnten oryxantilopen sehen und zum schluß auch noch eine riesige schlang(der guide sagte, das sei ein baby, die mama sei doppelt so lang).im resort erwartete uns eine gruppe von musikern, die einige zeit für uns folksongs spielten, zwei hübsche junge mädchen in herrlichen gewändern tanzten sehr erotisch dazu. dann stellten ...


