Sandcastles

... moving between islands in boats and sleeping in hammocks. We'll be doing the stuff you do when in paradise...drunkenly making sandcastles, fashioning clothes from coconuts and getting to know the fishies...all that jazz :) After that we'll be in New ...

... had to pay 40baht. We found a reasonable bungalow room near the sea and spent the week swimming, walking round the island, building sandcastles (one of which was particularly impressive - we worked on it for hours and, for all 3 of us, claims the title ...

"Pew, Pew, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub" -- Ecclesiastes, 2:17 I'm aware that I spent most of the last entry complaining about the Kho San road, and then the rest of it slagging off the Devil Wears Prada. All I can say in my ...

I've only been to Jaisalmer once, unlike some of the other places we’ve seen so far in Rajasthan. I was looking forward to going back and seeing the sandcastle city again, especially with Rob as I know how much he likes seeing forts and military ...

I am now a certified scuba diver. Today is the first day in 5 days I haven't been scuba diving for at least 90 minutes. My final dive yesterday was the highlight, because I got to watch my instructor fend off a trigger fish, who was maliciously attacking ...

Jimi Hendrix....Spanish Castle Magic..and the Black Keys......the soundtrack to Jaisalmer The golden City....Finally, after 6 days on a camel, the cool water flowed from deep within the bowels of the golden fort, the earthy dampness revived my senses, ...

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 ...

entry pending Don't eat any samosas you stumble across in this place... no matter how hungry you ...

DAY 5 - Bikaner to Jaisalmer: The morning of our departure from Bikaner started with a culinary delight – curry for breakfast! This was our first taste of a traditional Indian breakfast in the form of "Puri Baji" and it was love at first taste! ...

After the adventures of the night we eventually wake around 11.30 and take a good look around.  This morning we were so tired that we didn't really notice the room, only that the sheets were clean and there was a bed.  This morning we open the ...

... empty place, which gave us both the creeps. Considering some of the places I've stayed, that's saying something. We ended up at Sandcastles, which was nice. Our guard/porter was a portly woman who was actually wearing a parka. It is 75 F outside, mind ...

... all over the world and setting out with a few basic supplies to an island...and having a blast driving, swimming, cartwheeling, building sandcastles, standing on the top of the jeep being idiots, laughing a lot, laughing even more at the group who were ...

... ; Everyone, is out first thing in the morning walking, read their papers in their chairs on the beach, and kids are building sandcastles at 7.30am.  They are there like this all day, just enjoying family time and company.  As ...

... so there was only about 2 foot six of beach left. I had a great time making sure daddy didn’t slack off making sandcastles whilst I collected shells to go on top. Shells are so last year though so I decided to collect rock that I could hardly lift. ...