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Situated in the desert in western Rajasthan, Jaisalmer is a place to relax and soak up the atmosphere.

Much smaller and quieter than the likes of Jodhpur and Jaipur, Jaisalmer is unique in that much of the town is built inside the fort; indeed, it is reputed to be the world's only 'living' fort.

Within the walls of the fort the streets are narrow, which means you get little of the hustle and bustle of Indian traffic. You still get the occasional cow wandering through, however. The resulting experience is relaxing, and if you choose a hotel with a roof terrace, then you can sit taking tea, or enjoying a meal, looking out over the desert from atop the walls of the fort. Sunset over the desert can be magnificent.

Outside the fort's walls, the town continues. There is a large tank (pond) where you can hire pedalboats.

Jaisalmer is the best place to organise camel treks in the desert. The trips, which last from a days to several days in length, allow you to get out into the desert, and to experience something of desert life: sleeping under the stars (so many stars), preparing food over a camp fire, and dropping in at desert villages along the way. Whilst camels are not the most comfortable form of transport in the world, it does have its compensations. There are many operators in town who can arrange the trips.
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    Rajisthan Desert Project, with RealGap
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    Oct 02, 2006 - Aug 26, 2007
    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; totally reversing the notion that it's the Indians who gawp at the blondes. Mona & Dipan En-route from Delhi to Jaipur in a banged out jeep: I share the journey with Mona and Dipan, who are Calif...
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    Jaisalmer and the temple
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    Jun 24, 2007 - Dec 22, 2007
    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 this and they have signs protesting them inside the fort). We saw another Jaisalmer temple and went shopping for a bit.  We also saw the local lake which, although probably very beautiful in the ...
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    Tour de Forts
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    May 29, 2007 - Jul 02, 2008
    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 Kaloo, the smallest camel of the lot and as it turned out, also the rebel.  He had his own idea about where to go and just how fast he thought he needed to get there.  At first I was diggi...
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    Jaisalmer - The Golden City
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    Apr 03, 2007 - Jul 16, 2007
    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 through the old city, past the Clock Tower to the place that Nandu recommended as having the best special lassi’s in all of Jodhpur, a tiny little place where the only English spoken was “Two La...
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