29/03/2010

We arrived at 4.00am in Jaisalmer still in a bit of a dais from the sleeping pills I took during the journey, we were rushed off the bus saying it was needing to leave then being surrounded by annoying rickshaw drivers and for some reason the trunk of the bus was filled with building supplies making it very difficult to get to our bags, luckily I had my knife on me and I cut the rope holding together some heavy tiles making our bags accessible... the bus driver wasn’t too happy that I did this but he did tell us that the bus was needing to leave, so whatever.

Before boarding the bus in Jodhpur we were suggested a guesthouse by a local guy who seemed genuinely friendly but his friend owned it and he was just getting tourists to go for the cheap rooms which was great but the rates for the camel safaris were extortionary.

It was a very nice room for rs150 with western toilets which are always a plus and the rooftop restaurant had a very good view of the fort.

After catching up on some sleep we wondered around the fort looking for a cheap camel safari tour, we found this guy who just seemed like a great person, he offered the safari for only rs850 whilst others offered for rs1000+. There were already some foreigners who had signed up and as it was a cheaper price we signed up ourselves for tomorrow morning.

Inside the fort which was surprisingly quite and peaceful we met a German guy (Yan) who joined us for lunch then went back to our hotels where we chilled for the afternoon and evening. We had an early one because our trip tomorrow started at 7.30.

Jaisalmer Fort, India 2010