But oh hello! What a surprise Jaisalmer is - a yellow rocky town, with beautiful people and intricate structures that fan curiosity. While I walked into the hustle bustle of the fort I kept waiting for it to start somewhere, I had to constantly remind myself that this wasn't suppose to be the elite mehrangarh fort, (Jodhpur) but a real, live, massive fort with 3000 people living behind these castle towers and pigeons. So many pigeons!
I sat right on top at a cafe sipping my beer, watching the town come alive as it picked a beat. In the evening that beat abruptly drops at 9 and all settles. We sat on the terrace of the 1st gate, for the most expansive view of the fort lit in gold, while I made my own wood fired oven pizza.
At 12 when we walked to our guesthouse the whole town was fast asleep but our common room had travel stories brewing.
We met a couple from the UK who had been backpacking in india for 6 months. They were living on the terrace of the guesthouse in a tent covered with fairy lights for only Rs 100, while we, who booked on air bnb, were feeling too cool for finding a room for Rs 800.
I sat right on top at a cafe sipping my beer, watching the town come alive as it picked a beat. In the evening that beat abruptly drops at 9 and all settles. We sat on the terrace of the 1st gate, for the most expansive view of the fort lit in gold, while I made my own wood fired oven pizza.
At 12 when we walked to our guesthouse the whole town was fast asleep but our common room had travel stories brewing.
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The next day, we finally left for the most awaited view of the dunes. On the way we stopped at the haunted village of kuldhara, and followed that up with a magical camel ride at Sam sand dunes.
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There were a lot of people there, but around 6 for once it was so quiet that I could hear the wind against the camel munching nonchalantly into the dusk.
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This only got better when in a zombie state I was woken at 6am for a dune jeep safari, that went very fast right into the middle of a desert that they call thar, next one is gobi and finally at Sahara our Jeep got stuck.
Last day at the desert festival was interesting with several competitions. Camel polo was my favorite while BSF camel trophy was very impressive too.
My last few hours were spent at the patvon ki haveli observing the very fine carvings and jharokha embellished Royal walls. Here we wrote postcards for several people, to only reach the post office and realize it's a Sunday, so no stamps, nontheless we post them hoping they get delivered because we'd hate to just loose them.
Our train back to Delhi was parked at the station, but it was our heart that was on the move, speeding around this beautiful small little town of lovely reminisces
If you liked this post and found it helpful, I would request you to follow these things when traveling -
- Manage your waste well and don’t litter
- Use dustbins. Tell us if you went to a place and found it hard to locate a dustbin.
- Avoid bottle waters in hills. Usually you get clean water in hills and water bottles create lot of mess in our ecosystem.
- Say big no to plastic and avoid those unhealthy snacks packed in plastic bags. Rather buy fruits.
- Don't play loud blaring music in forests of jungle camps. You are a guest in that ecosystem and disturbing the locals (humans and animals) is not polite
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