Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer is the golden city, and it is sincerely golden.... or actually sand coloured. The fort on the hill is full of little shops, and it is surrounded by againa lot of little shops. It is normally full of tourists, but it is a bad season, and december is a bad months for tourists anyway.... which means that everybody wants to do buisiness with you.....We stayed at Gadjanand, a budget hostel for 2 euro pppn. For this we had our own room with a hot shower and a super nice owner Kamal. We were the only guests of the week....  Besides a lot of shopping and eating our favourite ker sangari curry at our favourite roof top restaurant , we did a camel safari. This is THE thing to do in Jaisalmer, and everyone tries to sell you their tour... We already prebooked with the real safari man :)

 We were with 7 in total. It was a 1,5 hour drive to the desert, with a brief stoo at a deserted village. It was deserted because the inhabitants did not agree when the king wanted to marry one of the girls, so they flew. When we arrived at a little desert town, we all got a camel with a saddle with many cusions....however, riding a camel is still quite challenging for unused muscles....and my muscles where super happy when they reached the final destination.

 However, it was great for the mind... tracking through the deserted desert with not much more than sand and our camels.... We were just in time for sunset... 

 maartje and I helled making the chapati's this time just with our hands :) Dinner was cooked in the campfire and was simple but delicious. After dinner it was time for singing around the campfire, but we all went to bed quite early....on our matrasses under the stars. I saw 6 shooting stars, which is more than in my entire life :) All my wishes will come through :) 

The following day we tracked back after breakfast, to reach Jaisalmer around midday. We were allowed to shower in our guesthouse, whihc was a good thing after a camel ride and before a two day journey to the north.... That afternoon another train left on time :)