Hotel Victoria Jaisalmer

... Saffron restaurant. <br><br>I had a nap and a shower in the afternoon before Tony and I went for one last walk in the fort. While sitting in the fort we got into a conversation with a couple of friendly souvenir vendors. They took the opportunity to complain about the guide books used by western tourists (mainly the Lonely Planet) that advise people to avoid the fort because their presence causes damage. From the perspective of the vendors, who live in the fort, it is only ...

... cost. We tried the dish and liked very much. <br><br>From the auto stand we board an auto to the Gadisar lake, a beautiful water body in the arid desert landscape and spent some time listening the local folk music. Then we visited the Havelis of Salim Singh, Patwon, Natmal Ji. <br><br>In the evening we walked back to the fort to see the sun set in the desert horizon and the Jaisalmer city under lights.

... Bhang is basically marijuana you eat, and apparently Mr. Bordian went back 5 times during his stay filming the episode. We too decided to try it, and after a Bhang Lassi, wandering the magical streets did indeed seem a bit more magical. <br><br>But 2 days in Jaisalmer was enough, certainly one of the most interesting beautiful places ever, I doubt any picture can ever do it justice... but I'll include a few anyway. <br><br>

... town and the next day wandering about in the fort itself. That afternoon we organized a trip into the desert on camels. We left mid afternoon and travelled 60km out of town to meet up with our camels and our camel guides. We spent the next few hours travelling through the desert at a very leisurely pace and then had a cooked meal under the stars. Probably our most relaxed period in our whole time in India.

... hotels. the sweet dish was a disappointment. they said it was rice pudding or kheer. it was rice pudding all right, but kheer it certainly was not. dhanraj ranmal bhatia is the best sweet shop in jaisalmer. it is near the fort. we got rasmalais from there for our dinner sweet dish for the second day. we did had to make some adjustments, but not complaining at the rates we got. the hotel needs to solve its seepage problems, surprising ...

... through the burning heat of midday which was a welcome relief because by this time I had developed pain in my groin/hip region from sitting astride the camel for hours on end. Lunch was beautifully prepared Indian Thali freshly cooked by our guides on a camp fire and after eating our fill and resting we continued. Slowly as we entered the deeper desert the landscape changed and the rocky barren scenery gave way to rolling dunes, initially ...

... get quite far from the ground, and when they walk you feel the shoulder blades shift beneath you, every step you lean alamingly one way or the other. And then the driver whips your camels rear and makes him run and your sure you will fall but you don't and its great. We spent two nights out in the desert sleeping on sand between two blankets and in fact the nights were the best bit. Looking up at the stars as you drift to sleep, and the skys ...

... of his fort and palace which is quite a bit off the regular tourist path. This is no great surprise given the amount of palaces and forts in Rajasthan. We also took a rickety ride to the nearby rat temple, inhabited by an Indiana Jones-esque army of scurrying holy rats. The excitement is somewhat heightened by the fact that, as in all temples, you walk barefoot. It is deemedgood luck to see a white rat (we saw 2) and to get your toes nibbled at (did ...

... The arm seemed quite deformed from her wearing the tight metal for so long. She also had her plastic ones removed and i think she was replacing them all with new ones. The bangles are very common and many women wear them around their ankles too. Jewellery and adornment is very important to the appearance of the women in India and each region seems to have it's own traditions. In Jaisalmer they wear a very large round or floral design gold nose piercing disk. We ...