Blogs from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India, Asia - page 32

Jaisalmer Ok, so Jaisalmer is probably as nice as it says in the Lonely-Planet guide. But Pete was sick- so we spent our entire time there discussing the symptoms of all the possible diseases we could have. Fortunately the vomitting only lasted a day, so its probably just a parasite that can be sorted out when we come home. Only jokes- Ness ran around getting water, supplies and playing nurse so he's just fine now. When Pete was better we went into the desert for a camle safari/ride. it was raining to start with so we felt a bit silly. But then the weather cleared up and we saw loads of other people on their camels. Ness's camel was yawning and farting loads. That night we stayed in a mud village cos it was too cold ... read more

NAMASTE! Je suis arrivee a Jaisalmer a 4h pm. Nous avons fait de la route toute la journee de 10h a 4h. Nous nous enfoncons tranquilement vers le desert. Le paysage est aride et ne cesse de me surprendre. J'ai vu des camion SURCHARGES de foin. J'imagine difficilement comment ils font pour charger ca. Le camion est plein bien sur mais ca deborde du haut et de tous les cotes. Nous sommes sur l'autoroute, une petite route etroite comme celles que j'ai parcouru en Afrique mais pavee celle-la. Les chiens, les anes, les chameaux, les vaches, le monde a pied, a velo, a moto, en tuk-tuk et en camion defilent lentement au gre de la vie. Par la fenetre de notre voiture (une ford eclair), sable, petits buissons maigres et rabougris, une cabane, quelques Indiens accroupis ... read more

Jaisalmer..to je taka (v indickom ponati) malinka dedinka...iba par 100 000 obyvatelov.... mame hotel hned oproti pevnosti, pok ktorou sme nasli velmi dobru "restiku"...hlinena podlaha + zopar jastericiek ktore nam kukali do jedla...ale take chilly chicken.....hmmmm.....to je zarucene jedlo ktore chuti 2x:)....da sa tu ale zohnat velmi kvalitny rum Old Monk ktory funguje ako ciastocna prevencia....rano je nam ale vsetkym jasne ze prevencia tentokrat nepomohla.....:).... rano vyrazame do pevnosti kde nas otravuje iba par 100viek indov...viac sa ich asi do pevnosti nezmesti....pozreli sme Maharadzov palac, ktory tomu sefuje od svojich 14stich rokov,a vybrali sme sa do stareho mesta navstivit par starych Haveli (starobyle domy bohatych obchodnikov v sucastnosti utociste netopierov)....a prejst sa po ulickach kde nas vsetci vitaju nadsenymi pokrikmi....Hellow....a nechcu si nechat vysvet... read more

So for the last 5 days or so we've been chillin' out not in a blue city, but a golden one. Apart from that minor color difference, from the surface the cities seem the same. Both are dominated by an impending fort, both have similar cubical architecture, and both have hotels with fun relaxed rooftops from which to take in the aforementioned sights. While i loved Jodphur for its color, i like Jaisalmer for its monotone simplicity. Everything seems to have come from the sand of the desert, and the fort itself looks as though it is an enlarged version of a talented child's medieval beach creation. The town here is smaller, and Max and i both agreed that we liked that a lot. There's a quieter air here, a more authentic desert feel, even ... read more

Vcera o 4 poobede sme sa s Matthiasom rozlucili on isiel na juh do a ja na sever do Bikaneru. Pocas cestovania autobusom som planovala citat knihu, lebo za poslednych par dni nebolo vela casu, ale nebolo to mozne. Cesta bola tak rozbita ze to bolo akoby som sedela na starej pracke Tatramatke - mala som sleeper - co znamena ze nad hlavami sediacich su vytvorene lehatka - kde je dostatok miesta aj na sedenie, takze sa da pozorovat krajina a clovek ma pohodlie. Stasne to hadzalo a par krat ma vyslovene vyhodilo do vzduchu - kedze sofer isiel dost rychlo. Prave sme sa na tom smiali s 2 Danmi co tu travia 6 mesiacov do roka. 23 rocna dcera ma okolo 50 kg a lezala vzadu tak ju to hadzalo medzi lehatkom a stropom autobusu. ... read more