Mandir Palace Itc Welcomgroup Jaisalmer

... the camel safari and train tickets through the guest house as we were feeling lazy and it was great for someone else to organise it for us. The hotel guy told us we must buy a turban for the camel safari and he knew just the place!! He took us to a near by fabric shop and the shop keeper did the usual drill, sat us down, got us drinks and started showing us an array of goods. The shop keeper was actually pretty funny though, he kept telling Chris he looked ...

... road to find three people and four camels. The head man, a teenager really, (we'll call him Ali) and two small children under 8 years for age. Ali looked us over and assigned each one of us to a particular camel. I was assigned to Bapu, the biggest beast of the lot. Barb, Eric, and his friend were assigned smaller, cleaner animals. All four of the animals were "Laying down" that is sitting on their fore and hind legs. Their bellies were on the sand. Ali ...

... guys in the jewllers made friens with they have gioven us ltos of chai<br>seen some beatiful views of the whole city from the top of the fort, you can see why peeps come to see the dessert of san<br>Jain temples first time ever i never knew this relgion existed, 40BC berautiful temple!! with some amzaing god seen, <br>off to camel ride tonight in sam dessert and camping undert the stars, hopefully shoudl be good!!

... so we hit the town running..... a quick lunch, a look at the fort, and the accidental discovery of one of only four government run and legally approved Bhang shops (Bhang is weed and is accepted and pretty much legal all over india for religious reasons...somewhat) I normally cant do weed... I cant smoke it...I cant drink it... I can't eat it.... I just hit the paranoid zone too friggin' hard... <br><br> We ...

... a nice quite place with a lot of hotels. law and order is very good. people are very friendly. a lot of foreign tourists visit the place for long desert safaris. they prefer the ganga sand dunes near khurri as it is quieter and less crowded. the sand dunes are higher too. we chose sam sand dunes as we wanted instant view of dunes without too much of a camel ride and were not perticulalry interested in village life. our guide wanted to push ...

... the sighting of a group of Intrepid girls (a type of fame in the town) or seeing my eyebrows (thanks Dad)! I found threading strangely therapeutic and my skin glowed* after a 30 minute massage, particular attention paid to the bum! *Possibly glowed due to the use of Almond drops - a popular Indian hair oil!

... like posturing dogs these fly-bys are both disconcerting and a nuisance. Ellen and I have our own calf. After a hearty breakfast where we order more than we can eat, we smuggle toast, egg and rice down to the little fellow we affectionately call Jasper. The other day, down in the city where the peasant people live, Ellen and Barbara saw a dog eating a rat. I wanted to tell them about the rat I saw eating a ****, but it might have been looked upon as one-upmanship.

... palace in the fort, the beautifully carved Jain temples and a few of the intricately ornamented old wealthy merchant houses, so-called Havelis. We cannot recommend our hotel, but enjoyed hanging out in the Dylan Internet Cafe with the multilingual Om who's also a bit of a world music connaisseur. Christmas was coming up and we were getting increasingly sad that we wouldn't be at home celebrating with our families on one hand and on the other hand we ...

... in my new fashion design work. I ended up buying myself a beautiful, unique antique belt that is hand embroidered and decorated with silver, chains, old rupee coins, shells and mirrors, a jester's dream accessory. You have to do alot of work to get the good gear in India. I had to bargain hard for this one because the owner didn't want to let it go. At night time we ventured across to Ghandi Chowk and went in search of an authentic Rajastani style thali. What ...