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Another tour, another overnight train ride, this time to Jaisalmer in Rajathstan. If you are going to take a seventeen hour train ride in India in 3rd class, I highly recommend that you do it on Diwali. It is like travelling on Christmas Day; pretty much everybody is already at home and so the roads and trains are empty except for a few tourists (ans some Indian guy who started rubbing Mark's feet in the night, thinking it was one of the girls). The other thing that I would suggest is leaving at around 5pm, which gives you an hour of [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 24th 2009 | 168 Views | [diary=447856]

Fort
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Camel water truck

The final leg of our journey together took us to the desert town of Jaisalmer, in far northwest Rajasthan, not far from the border with Pakistan (something we were very aware of in the current political climate). It didn't get off to a great start... we were hassled by aggressive touts at the train station in searing heat, then Mozza and I came down with stomach cramps and other common traveller illnesses which saw me confined to my bed all afternoon and Mozza taking it easy. The next day, however, we were back to fighting strength and decided to tackle Jaisalmer [View Full Entry]

SmithyWorldWide - Jonathan Smith | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 26th 2009 | 266 Views | [diary=445963]

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Even the cows in Jaisalmer seem happy. These cows saunter along the quiet streets, playing (and always winning) the game of chicken with each on-coming car or bike or child, absent-mindedly nibbling trash or left-over food scrapes from each store front where bowls are placed in offering for the cows, and napping in a shaded patch of earth that was described as “cow parking.” This is clearly the good life for the Indian cow and these cows know it. They own the town. On two occasions, I am nearly run down by one of these blissful little cows. A long horned [View Full Entry]

Beth and Pierce - Wanderlust Chronicles | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 12th 2009 | 140 Views | [diary=443254]

Happy Cow
Motorcycle vs. Cow: Cow wins
Cow Food Box

Our arrival into Jaisalmer was not as expected. We had planned to walk to the fort and find the accommodation we had earmarked for that night, inside the walls of the fort itself. However, 2 stops before our disembarkation on the outskirts of town a couple of ''locals' got on and started inviting us to take their company car to our accommodation for 20rs. We initially refused, used to scams like this, but on the 4th enquiry and reassurance they would take us straight there we agreed (a decision coloured by the approach of the fort which was quite a climb [View Full Entry]

ByeByeWhitleyBay - Warren and Stacey | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 1st 2009 | 157 Views | [diary=441264]

golden fort
the golden city
holy cow

By Flo
June 12th 2009
Sandcastles in the desert Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jaisalmer
We paid in advance for a double sleeper berth on the 'deluxe' overnight coach to Jaisalmer, and sit waiting by the side of the road covered in dust from the constant stream of trucks trundling past. When it pulls in at 11pm it is far from deluxe and already jammed full of people...three people squeeze into seats for two and even the floor space is knee deep in slumbering bodies, and it smells like it's been this full for many hours already. The ticket guy assures us he will have our sleeping berth empty and ready for us in no time. [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 2nd 2009 | 209 Views | [diary=424613]

fantasic moustaches!
the fort at Jaisalmer
top heavy balcony

Number of Participants: 40 Managed by Karni Kripa Tours Pvt. Ltd. Jaipur. Karni Kripa is the sister concern of Know Well India Tours Pvt. Ltd. Jaipur. A unique marathon race was organized in the year 2003 from 30th November to 04th December from Bikaner to Jaisalmer in the western part of India . This was the first time that any marathon is done in this part of the world. At least 40 tourist from France, Britain and Denmark were participated in the event and one Mr. completed the 333 kilometer marathon in 24 hours time running non stop from starting point [View Full Entry]

Rajendra - Rajendra Singh Rathore | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 8th 2009 | 52 Views | [diary=406438]

333 Kilometer Marathon
333 Kilometer Marathon

Jaisalmer is on the far west of India close to Pakistan. It rises out of the surounding Thar Desert and its mighty sandstone fort, built in 1156, towers over the town like a fairytale sandcastle. This is the land of turbans where the men have large, curly moustaches and look like characters from Aladdin and the women, dressed in bright sarees have faces decorated with golden piercings. Jaisalmer is an ancient and magical town with wonderfully grand old architecture, bustling bazaars selling mysterious items and at its centre is the magnificent fort which harbours a palace and various temples a [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 11th 2009 | 174 Views | [diary=397045]


By Slowfeet
April 16th 2009
The Thar Desert Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jaisalmer
The trip into the desert on camels deserves a post of its own, even if only to give our kids a laugh. We hadn't really planned this trip so we didn't leave time for it in our planning. Pat has been talking for a long time about a camel trip through Jordan and that is still on the agenda - more or less. She may have thought that a couple of days on camels would just whet the appetite. We were trucked out into the bush from Jaisalmer about 40 kms. We didn't go to the normal places that tourists are [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 16th 2009 | 136 Views | [diary=391341]

Trish on Camel
Pat on Camel
Barnes on Camel

Jaisalmer express from old delhi to jaisalmer arrived almost an hour late at the platform. we were in 2nd ac coach number A1. we rushed to the only second ac coach with our heavy luggage but the door was locked. the coach has AE written on it with chalk. we went to the other end of the coach hoping there was a reservation chart on it, but there was none and it was locked too. after some bumpy to and from motion from one end of the coach to another in which we frequently lost sight of each other and kept [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 24th 2009 | 232 Views | [diary=384350]

desert storm
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jaiselmer fort

By sarahandjoe
March 17th 2009
Jaisalmer Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jaisalmer
After our time in Jaipur we headed to the desert city of Jaisalmer. Immediately after leaving the train we definitely felt like we were in the desert. We got to our hotel, grabbed some food and setup our camel trek, which we would take the next morning. We woke up at 5 to catch our ride out to the desert where we would meet our guide and our camels. We enjoyed a nice breakfast cooked by campfire and headed on our way. We rode all day, taking breaks here and there, stopping in at some villages, to meet some people and [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 18th 2009 | 94 Views | [diary=382526]



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