KB Lodge Jaisalmer

We arrived in Jaisalmer after a pretty rough overnight train in sleeper class but it was bearable. We were on middle and bottom bunks though so all through the night we both kept waking up by people grabbing our feet which was a bit strange. We also met some local Indian teenagers that were going on a school trip camping in the desert, they had been on a train for 4 days traveling but they were really friendly and we had to have our photos taken thousands of ...

... Muslim) and Hindu origins. The Hindu models were square and the Mugul style was octagonal. Inside each type were monuments to Maharajas and their many wives. As we drove out into the Great Indian Thar Desert toward the Pakistani border, I asked how far away the border was. Soda replied, "One Hundred Kilometers". I did the math in my head with some difficulty. About 65 miles, I figured, close enough for me. Now our fellow traveler gave me a new concern. Eric ...

... has luxury carvings and beautiful carvings its beaitiful compared to Delhi feels like we're in alladin, yelow stone buildings<br>now with kris and the guys leav me alone as they think shes my mum :) its great<br>had nose peirced too for a pound cant compalin there<br>the people are so much friendly as well and ive fallen for chai tea, hate brtish tea but ginger, cinamon and sweet tea is beautiful ...

... problem was this didn't work at all..... it was like roasting in a steel oven while being sand blasted thru the cracks in the window. Luckily, we took the train in the heat of the day, so at least we had that going for us....seriously, on your list of things to do in life.......give this particular train ride a miss.<br><br> When we arrived, we had no real itinerary other than to see the desert fort and move ...

We arrived to Jaisalmer mid afternoon tired and hot, the heat in Jaisalmer was constantly in the 40's and Mela was pretty sick. In Jaisalmer the big business for the locals is camel trekking and very few people are stupid enough to try this in the middle of the dry season as it is unbearable hot, and there for you are hassled every five minutes to go on a trek. No one seemed to understand that while Mela was sick we were not going to get on a camel and go to the middle of nowhere for ...

... and heavy clouds. we thought we we caught in a sand storm and imagined being covered by huge sand dunes in a matter of minutes. it was dark and cloudy and very windy. anupama started shouting at the top of her voice " bhaiya wapas chalo". it stopped as soon as it had started. but we were already on our way back. we chose to walk on the dunes, and it was surprisingly easy. we could chose our spots rather than being taken to crowded "points ...

A giant sandcastle,-one of the few 'living' forts A night playing dress up- 10 girls 2 hours but some beautiful colorful Sari's later A Maharaja Palace-student discount (thanks STA) and a good audio tour A cows 'right of way'-just watch out for the cow patts A shoppers paradise-you want bigger smaller another ...

... I look up to our bastion and there's Ellen, my Maid Marian. She smiles as I, accompanied by a quartet of eunich minstrels playing flute and mandolin, break into romantic verse. Other times I'm Little John quarter-staffing dangerously on the lip of the bastion with Will Scarlett. Often in the evenings I'm bald, fat Friar Tuck, quaffing a tankard of ale alongside Marian and her dear friend Barbara of Hirst as they sip lemon and ginger tea brought back from far ...

... arrival it was certainly not aglow, yet as the clouds had passed the next day the city took on its namesake hue. Jaisalmer is guarded by a majestic fort perched on the obligatory rock high above the city. This fort has a serious sewage problem. Due to the overuse of it's drainage capacity by tourist masses there has been considerable leakage leading to softening of the bedrock resulting in the collapse of some stretches of the fort's walls. As a result ...

... merchants. There was a good view of the fort and a huge flock of pigeons and we found the interior decorating showing 19th century life in the private home to be interesting whenever we could get away from the sleazy guide to actually have a look. Whilst walking in the fort, we came across a few young boys playing cricket underneath a temple monument. Nadine took to the bat pretending to be Ricky Ponting and hit such a big ball that it flew up and over the ...