Blogs from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India, Asia - page 33

Dnes rano sme sa po strastiplnej noci vo vlaku dostali do mesta v pusti Jaisalmer. Ubytovali sme sa v hoteli na urovni s bazenom, ale nemali sme cas ho vyuzit kedze asi po hodine spanku sme isli do mesta najst camel safari. Nasli sme jedno na cele poobede s jazdou na tavach a pozorovanie zapadu slnka. Boli sme nadmieru spokojni - mame nadherne fotky, nebolo by dobre keby som o ne prisla lebo uz zase mam plnu 1Gb memory kartu a tu nikto nevie napalit fotky na CD, takze neviem ako budem zajtra fotit fort s jazerom atd. To bola najvacsia chyba ze mam len 1 GB kartu - mozno v Thajsku dokupim dalsiu. Musim povedat ze dni su coraz lepsie a fotky coraz krajsie. Tento internet je hrozny neviem ci sa mi vobec podari stiahnut ... read more

Posledne dva dni boli vcelku nabite udalostami. Vcera rano sme len absolvovali rychlikovu prehliadku stareho mesta v Jodhpure plus sme prebehli miestnu pevnost (je odtial naozaj nadherny pohlad na Blue City) a uz sme frcali smer Jaisalmer. Resp. do jednej malej dedinky menom Khuri asi 45km za Jaisalmerom smerom na Pakistan. Mali sme v plane skrotit (t.j. nespadnut z nej, nenechat sa podupat ani oplut..) nejake tavy a ukazat vsetkym, ze junaci zo Slovenska sa ani takej prisery nezlaknu. Dorazili sme tam asi o stvrtej, co uz bol celkom prijatelny cas na vylet do puste aj ked slniecko stale sialene prazilo. Samozrejme, ze nas tam uz cakali nase zvery. Mna taky mily starsi pan s depresivnym vyrazom a Kosta mlada divoka slecna. Jazda ktora nasledovala sa neda nazvat inak ako spanila. Rychlostou asi 2km/h sme sa ... read more

We arrived in Jaisalmer after taking the train from Jaipur. Our first experience with the trains since we decided to go it alone and ignore peoples constant requests for our money in exchange for the air conditioned car tours. Hopefully we can now escape the constant trips to the overpriced tourist emporiums! Caroline managed to get a silk shirt made for at one for a high price then told them she didn't like it when she realised how much she was being ripped off and we walked off leaving on very good terms... So anyway, the train journey was an eye opening experience. We arrived at the station 22:30 and found there was a hour and a half delay on our train. There were people lying everywhere, smells where smelt and a few rats spotted. As ... read more

After a horribly emotional goodbye from the crooked Jaipur Rickshaw guild that left both parties quite angry, frustrated and bitter (their stalking and scheming grew unbearably tiresome) Jordan and I finally escaped their scheming ways (along with the rest of Jaipur) and boarded a train heading west across Rajasthan to the city of Jaisalmer. It’s quite difficult to get the names of all these places in India straight and the process of buying train tickets isn’t all that simple, but thanks to the creative shopkeeper next to our hotel in Jaipur (who had an excellent assortment of everything any traveler might need) we managed to score train tickets on short notice. Our train however, had different ideas and decided to show up hours late on a different platform. Even Jord with his seemingly advanced train expertise ... read more

Made it; an 8hr local bus ride, great result given my earlier belt of food poisoning. The day was steaming; it felt like you were sitting in a sauna especially when stopping for traffic and picking up passengers. When I got up it looked like I had peed down the back of my pants; my arse to behind my knees was WET from sweat, nasty. This is potentially too much information, but I think it accurately portrays what a hot box that bus was. We arrived at our Haveli in Mandawa around 4.30 and the bus ride turned into a distant memory; the Haveli was gorgeous! The rooms surrounded a fresco painted courtyard depicting maharajas and Hindi gods, there were antiques, little enclaves and a roof terrace where we had dinner. It reminder me a little ... read more