Jaisalmer Travel Blogs

Continuing about the mosquitoes. It was really nice to sleep under the stars, but I think I only slept 1 or 2 hours. The rest of the time I was busy with killing the little annoying animals! They didn't bite me much, but just the sound of them is enough to keep me awake. But it was good for taking …

Yesterday we departed from Mandawa to Bikaner to half past eight. Bikaner is the first city in the desert province of Rajasthan. It was approximately 3.5 hours drive on and even stopped for a drink break. Drinking is important, it was in Delhi 41gr, 45gr in Bikaner and Jaisalmer (6 hours drive) is …

Ganesh Ganesh meets me at the airport. Ganesh looks disconcertingly like my friend Alex - they could be different colored versions of the same person! And Ganesh has the same lingering, calm way about him. I'm completely weirded out and spend the the next few days trying in vain not to stare; to…

It was 1156AD, the king Jaisal Singh searching for safe and secure place , he founded a triangular mountain , it was perfect to construct his capital. As he was suggested by a monk "Isha" to indicate a legendary well which was dug by Lord Krishna for thirsty Arjuna. He predicted that in the future …

We spent the day walking to the Fort in Jaisalmer.  It is a very neat and ancient fort that people still live and work in.  There is some controversy over it though as people believe that noone should be living there so that it can be preserved (lonely planet is one group that belives thi…

Berra sits upon the sand.  His eyes glimmer with the flecks of light that make it through the canopy of our shade giving Gumbat tree.  His eyes have been absorbing the Thar Desert sun for 39 years now, 26 of those as a camel driver - though he looks a sprightly mid-fifties to Debs and I.&…

Love to explore this country for its culture, colours, smell and lovely smiles :) Mostly I'll explore the region Rajasthan. Highlights of this aroundtrip was the camelride, Udaipur, meeting the locals, the Holy Ganges, Keoladeo Ghana Natural Park!

We set off in the early morning hours to meet our camel guide in the desert.  During the ride there, I pictured Lawrence of Arabia and dreamed of Arabian Nights.  We reached the meeting point and I caught sight of our camels, all geared up and ready to go.  I was paired up with …

4/22/2007New Video - scroll to the bottom photo section and the last entry should be a video I finally uploaded of two nomadic desert girls "entertaining" us with their ummm singing...pretty funny (you can't see much but you can hear it all)Before heading out of Jodhpur in the morning, we strolled …

Today was a tour of Jaisalmer Fort built in 1156 by the Rajput ruler Jaisala and reinforced by subsequent rulers.   It was walking distance from our hotel so we all wandered over to a meeting point just outside the Fort walls, where we were going to meet our tour guide.  There was…

Came into Jaisalmer today.  This place is one of the reasons I decided on Rajasthan.  The desert fort rises high out of the city to keep watch over all that’s around.  It’s also India’s only living fort, meaning there are 10,000 people still living inside the darned thing. …

Delhi, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, the Thar desert, Pushkar, Udaipur, Ajanta, Ellora, Mandu, Khajuraho, Orchha, Rishikesh, Manali and Dharamsala.

I had heard from friends and read numerous books about India, but it didn’t matter, nothing could possibly prepare me for this country. It was a surreal feeling leaving my world of normality, to then step in a place that only existed in my faint imagination. An imagination that I was now breathing. An imagination that had connected with me so strongly that I was sure to return and re-live that first experience.

Here are some interesting snippets from the Indian newspapers. China There was comment that Chinese generally mistrust India.  There are two apparent reasons: Chinese children are taught in their school history lessons that India was aggressive in how they secured the lands (Tibet-like ar…

I rode a camel for three days across the Thar Desert near Jaisalmer. Can we say….. LOADS OF FUN?! There were seven of us in our group along with three camel drivers who took care of our camels, guided us through the desert, and cooked all of our meals over camp fires. We ate simple dishes of v…