Gorakh Haveli Jaisalmer

... started rising too. <br> <br>Our second guide then showed up called Ramda who was an older guy who had been doing safaris for 20 years. They prepared us some more chai, veg curry, rice and chapattis for dinner and we all sat around the fire chatting. We started listening to some of Ali's Indian music then he played us the one English song he had which was 'wonderwall' it was such a surreal moments as we all chilled out singing along to oasis ...

... city coming from one of the tales from the 1001 nights should look like, the perfect place where camel caravans should stop before or after heading to the desert, a commercial port in the silk route. All this, despite the recent commerzialisation that has dotted the city with many internet cafes and that threatens the peaceful life of the fort residents that might be substituted in the near future by yet more shops and boutique-hotels. At the moment, it is still ...

... over flat scrubby desert). At the sand dunes we set up camp and then explored, making a mess in the pristine slopes. Mark and some of the other guys insisted on rolling down the dunes, like boys do, so we all had a laugh watching them get covered in sand. We sat in the company of dung beetles rolling aroung massive bits of camel poo, and watched the sun go down, then all huddled round the campfire and ate more ...

... have to do something before our flight to Delhi. We started with 2 suitcases that each weighed about 40 pounds. We now have two suitcases and a duffel bag, each weighing about 55 pounds. On our list of things to do tomorrow is to locate a place that will ship some of our stuff to the US. We have taken note of the things that we brought that were not necessary. Keep in mind that we were coming to an unknown country and so we did as much ...

... camels. We took a two-hour ride (which, anyone who has ever sat on a camel for more than ten minutes can attest, is more than enough .) We climbed off, sore in every part of our legs, to watch the sunset, before riding another fifteen minutes in utter silence in star light. We caught sight of a few desert deer, and met a woman in a bright pink-and-yellow sari returning from attending to her goats, framed at the top of a brush-covered dune against the ...

Hello again! Now i have well and truly got back on my bike. I travelled for 48 hours straight northwards by train, bus and rickshaw. Finally the Goan sands and seawater have, literally, been left behind. Enough of this beachy malarkey, lets get some sightseeing done! The first stage of that trip was an interesting 24 hour train journey to Ahmeddabad. Spending 24 hours in any confined space is going to be tough but i was lucky enough to share my cabin with six ...

Thar Desert - camping ACTUAL: The camel safari was an experience. Limited Internet time, but I basically had a day and a half in the Thar Desert on the back of a camel. Yesterday (Friday) morning we set out on our camels. I picked the leader so I was in front, and they walked us for about 30 minutes before our guides hopped on behind each of us 9. (Note that our tour leader declined the experience, choosing instead to meet us at ...

... a horse. A camel groan sounds more like Jaba the Hut, with a long, guttural moan. If you were in the jungle and heard that noise you would run the other way, very quickly. We came back to town with a little darker skin and very sore inner thighs. The chai, the camels, and the starry nights made this one of the best treks of our trip. Add to that some insight into the desert culture of India, 13,000kms from home, and our time in Jaisalmer will be hard to forget.

... a lovely hotel. So we went to Thar desert in the funniest way: in a wedding jeep!!! with all the colors and flowers and a very funny man driving us to the cenotaphes and introducing us to the camel guides. Then, just ride a huge animal with 15 liters of water in it stomach and that couldn't stop chewing and burping (Lorraine's did more desgusting things and it was just in front of mine!), funny! Our favourite camel was Mr. India, the boss! We could visit the ...

Dec 16- I boarded a train to Jaisalmer, found my bunk and went to sleep at midnight. I woke up at 2am and was freezing. I put on all of my five shirts, a track jacket, one pair of pants, one pair of shorts over the pants, four pairs of socks and I was still cold. I didn't sleep much after that and had to get up several times during the night and jog on the spot to warm up. Jaisalmer is on the edge of the Great Thar desert and has a typical desert climate with warm ...