Mahadev Palace Jaisalmer

... which was quite amusing. We also got approached by a guest house owner who gave us a leaflet on his guest house and asked if we were interested. The place looked pretty impressive and they said we could use a near by swimming pool for free so we agreed to go check it out and got a free lift there too.<br> <br>The guest house was really close to the fort, the rooms were pretty basic as always but was only 150 rupees (2 pound) a night so we were happy. We ...

... to know where the Indians had exploded their 5 nuclear war heads in the 80s. He said they had done it in the Thar Desert. Wow!, I thought, isn't that fine. And they only charged us $20 US apiece for an evening tour of ground Zero. ( Later I determined that they had exploded their nuclear devices near Pokara about 100 Km south of here. I wonder which way the wind was blowing then?<br><br>After driving about 45 minutes into the desert scrub, we turned off ...

... ve seen before. There are bazaars, hotels, restaurants and houses. It is estimated that 25% of the population live in the fort. The forts narrow streets prohibit cars from entering, making it a haven amongst the otherwise noisy honking town. Cows and dogs, (I think I saw a few pigs) rule these streets. So much so that one territorial cow tried to give Joel a nudge with his horns, after trying again and failing we decided to take another path. We warned the couple behind us ...

... the camels. we visited the dunes the next day too, thankfully the sun was out so we could see different golden colours of the evening rather than the varying shades of grey we saw the previous evening. we asked the taxi driver to park a bit further away from the normal parking and trekked to a beautiful high dune to watch the sunset. anshul had a handycam all by himself and was busy filming the dung beetles and the lovely scenery. jaisalmer ...

... cheaper a zip a button no problem All washed down with hot lemon honey and ginger tea, 'child' beer or Regularly Used Medicine (Rum) After a 20hour train journey with sightings of a mouse and many cockroaches some personal grooming was also required. I'm not too sure which made the ladies eyes light up ...

... India. The fort, or castle, as I've come to call it is mine. I've driven off the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and helped Ric************* Hearted win back his throne. It's revisionist fantasy, but it's my fantasy, and after spending two weeks in India I'll do as I damn well please. Sitting atop my bastion I'm suddenly jolted back to reality as another bloody Indian fighter jet zooms past. We're a hundred and twenty-five kilometres from the Pakistani border ...

... is on a list of highly endangered global monuments. And ethical travel forbids sleeping or eating in the fort until this problem is solved. There isn't any evident sewage washing through the alleyways and the fort is actually kept commendably clean. Yet the surrounding old city does reek and is the most cow-pat infested city we've come across so far, with almost every step a potential splat trap. Together with Karoline from Sweden we visited the ...

... and into the Jain temple area that is out of bounds. The beloved ball was gone. We felt fairly bad about the loss so we compensated for the ball by giving them 20rupees for a new one from the market. Jaisalmer is famous for it's beautiful mirrorwork wall hangings and embroidery and alot of it is the antique work i prefer. I sat in the backroom of one of the little shops down the narrow sandstone streets in the fort and rummaged around for some pieces to ...