Hotel Pol Haveli Jaisalmer

... The guide was called Ali who was 20 and had been doing camel safari since he was 10! There were 3 camels, the biggest was called Charlie so Chris was partnered with him as Chris was the heaviest, Em was with Lucky as he was the smallest and Ken was with Rocket. The camels carry all the camping and cooking equipment as well as us and are steered with a rope attached to a bar in their noses.<br> <br>We headed off, the way the camels stand up ...

... I ja que soc a tocar del desert, decideixo fer un 'safari' en camell pels voltants, dormir al ras sobre una duna i meravellar-me amb el cel estrellat del desert en una nit de lluna nova (magnifica coincidencia). L'excursio en camell no esta malament, malgrat els pets ocasionals d'aquest animal, pero tampoc n'hi ha per llancar coets. El paisatge es erm i arid pero no es la imatge tipica del desert de dunes que un te despres de veure el Paris-Dakar, i aixo li resta ...

... provisions as well as lots of comfy pillows for us to sit on. So we climbed onto the backs of our camels and they slowly stood up, jerking us backwards and forwards as they stretched out each leg. We slipped on our stirrups, took the reins, then headed off, bobbing up and down into the horizon. <br><br>The sun beat down on us as we rode off in a line, but it was manageable as there was a cool desert breeze which ...

... is even more complicated because the parents don't want their children marrying outside of the city itself. Hmmm do we see a gene pool problem? Maybe that explains the extremely hairy ears on a lot of the men. He went on to state that certain degrees of kinship were not allowed to marry and that there are special priests that keep track of this information. Before the parents can arrange a marriage, they must employ the priest to ...

... Following Alfie and Claire's suggestions (as well as that of Rough Guide and Lonely Planet) we had booked ourselves in at the Artist Hotel, on the outer edge of the old walled city that surrounds Jaisalmer fort. We were undoubtedly the only guests at the place. The staff-to-guest ratio was about 3:1, and this with the Austrian man who runs the hotel laid up in bed with a cold. It's a three story building set up against the city wall, towering over an ...

... on display before us. We finally fell asleep, shooting stars whizzing overhead while the cool desert breeze rustled our hair. Waking up in the desert is in someways better than falling asleep in one. When I woke I had to double take before remembering where I was. It's a very surreal feeling to wake up amidst absolutely nothing but sand and the rising sun. There was a peace here that I have not experienced before. We enjoyed breakfast in near silence ...

... running. Our friend Sam, from Vancouver, also joined us on the safari. He was a constant source of photographic inspiration and comedic relief. After making Baba and Simon pose for 1000 pictures on the dunes we don't know if the drivers would agree with our opinion of him. That night we had more dhal, roti, rice, and chai for dinner. Then it was another campfire and some new songs from Simon. We learned more about India, the desert, and ...

... la chambre : 2500 roupilles indienne soit environ 250 franc français (La conversion est plus facile). Hors de prix pour nous ça c' est sur, mais j aurais volontiers pris une bonne douche chez elle ! Nous sommes rentré à l'hôtel ( enfin quand je dis hôtel je veux dire pension peu cher ! Ici nous payons chacun 10 francs par nuit (1,5&euro;) pour rien n est ce pas ? Et on mange pour à peine plus. Nous avons joué un peu au uno et on s est endormis vers minuit pour prendre le train demain pour Jodhpur.

... riding a camel and eating indian food, which should hopefully be a very interesting and memorable christmas for us both. We did infact forget what the date was today..thinking it was the 22nd, we would have missed christmas altogether...woops. On that note... we would both like to let every single one of you reading these blogs, our friends and family, know that we are thinking of you and wish you a very merry christmas..even if its without us!

... the mayhem, into their hotel to have a free look around, which inevitably leads into the office where they grill you about the safari of your choice. Other than the camel craziness, the town is fairly small (with not much action other than the local Bhang Shop), and most people just come for the safari, look around the fort, maybe relax for a day, and then head out. And thats exactly what I did.