Fort Rajwada

... at the end to see our next destination. It is with a sigh of,” here we are again” that we leave our bus at Fort Rajwada a newly built sandstone fort that makes us think we might have just driven out of India into the middle east, especially as ...

... first tried the Hotel Paradise (inaptly named) inside the Fort itself but quickly beat it back to the more modern accomodations at the Fort Rajwada Hotel a few kms out of town. The next morning we went back into town, both to view the Jaisalmer Fort ...

... fort’s walls.  This has become an issue here because the draw on the water supply is endangering the structure of the fort itself.  The water comes from wells in the fort.  The fort was interesting as was the walk around looking at ...

... girl we met said...'Jaisalmer is nice, its like what you think the middle east will look like, but doesnt!' :) The old fort, built 1156 !!!! is still standing but only just, its crumbling fast with all the unrestricted hotel building thats going on ...

... . In any case, we arrive and notice it is much much colder here - it is the desert - so our rickshaw ride to the Form Rajwada is quite chilly at 6:30. By the way, we would have flown here, but it's near the Pakistan border and hence the airport has been ...