If mountains are fascinating, desert lands are nothing less than amazing, so after Ladakh last year I packed my bags and camera and booked a second class ticket by Jaisalmer Express. The last time I visited Jaisalmer, this train which was not there when the only connection was an overnight snail train from Jodhpur on a meter gauge. I personally ...

Our travels from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer begin on a sobering note - we've gone to bed in our hostel and the poor sod next door to us finds himself introduced to Delhi Belly just after 10pm. His bathroom must be inches away from the head of our bed and he is throwing up loudly and violently. This continues throughout the night, about 5 times. Cathy ...

Namaste In the excitement of coming to Jaisalmer, i had quite forgotten that i don't actually like sand, and this being a desert town there's quite a bit of it around. If any trainee doctors wish to specialise in ailments of the nose and throat, this is the place to come! As someone once said on this travelpod site in fact, India is the 2nd larg...

We bought two kilos of gifts for our lovely families today and whew, what a process. After bargaining and going from shop to shop to select the right gifts, we were ready to walk outside the tourist area and go to the post office. When we got there, the postal workers said that we needed to go to the market to have someone package the gifts for ...

The crumbling Golden City... Jaisalmer didn't end up being the tourist circus that our guide books describe (Lonely Planet has actually been a bit off the mark about a few things in India - perhaps it's because we're not travelling in the high season...?). The locals were saying it was a very quiet start to the season. We made the decision to st...

We arrived in Delhi in the luxury of business class seats on our flight from Hong Kong. We were upgraded because of a problem on our RTW ticket and Paul and I made the most of it - lots of space in your own electronic reclining seat, yummy canapes, champagne etc. etc. The air hostesses addressed us as Miss Parkinson and Mr Brown all the time, it...

Rajasthan- the land of kings. We spent 3 days in the Rajasthan area and mainly in a city called Jaisalmer which is really close to the Pakistan border. Jaisalmer is the coolest city in Asia! The city is made from sandstone and there is a large fort which has been there for hundreds of years and is still intact. And we got to sleep right in the f...

got in this lovely town early in the morning, but suddenly left for a camel safari... i hate arriving in a place in the morning (thing that happens really often if you travel on a night train) and ppl starts harrassing you to offer you a taxi, a rickshaw or a hotel...**** OFF!!! anyways went to a hotel where they were offering a camel safari for...

We left the seppos chilling in Jodhpur thinking we would probably see them again soon. Jaisalmer is only a 6 hour bus ride from Jodhpur. You can watch the sand dunes wizz by from the window of the bus. Very deserty landscape. Lots of tourists come here to do camel safaris into the desert. We didn't really know if we were interested or not, but m...

Ahhh, another fort, fantastic! Though it's easy to get 'forted out' in India (especially in Rajasthan), this one is quite impressive, as it's still functioning and one of the busiest parts of the city, with temples, residences, shops, and loads of hotels and restaurants all packed inside the huge walls. It's definitely in the touristy category, ...