Jaisalmer with all it's wonders and camels

Here we are, in beautiful picture postcard Rajastan, in the middle of the desert, Jaisalmer. In the evening sun, free wifi because we befriended the owner of the hotel, the famous Jaisalmer fort on the background. Lovely cold Kingfisher on the table, all my shopping purchases of the day in a big bag next to me.

The fort is an amazing place, as they say in the lonely planet, the biggest sand castle on earth, and it is indeed.

It is like stepping back to the middle ages with all it's smells (not all lovely, but it's India) and colours and market shops.

We've got a lovely hotel just outside the fort and through there we booked an overnight camelsafari beacause the lonely planet told us to do so..! There was a Dutch guy in our group, Eelco, a German, Helmut, and Rob, one of our christmas orphans who we met up with again! Early morning we left with a jeep that dropped us off at a Jain temple first, then we went to the Thar desert. India shares this desert with Pakistan. The camels arrived, they are amazing animals. I have never seen Duncan this nervous..! He was bound to Mr India for 2 days, he had an uncomfortable saddle and I had a nasty bitch called Goddik. She had her own will and a small baby. After an hour ride through the desert we were glad it was lunchtime, Dunc had a broken ass as the indian guide said it, and I already had sore thighs. Sandy chapati's taste strangely good when you're in the desert..! After lunch we went off again, duncan walking next to his camel because of his brokes ass, and we went to our overnight spot. The absance of Indian noise and garbage was a very welcome change. After a walk over the sandy dunes while the sun went down, we had another lovely veg curry with sandy chappati's and built a massive campfire. The group dynamic was very nice. Lovely chats and lots of jokes around the fire and the stars. Our guide sang a few Indian marriage songs for us, while playing the Tablas (Indian drum) on the metal cooking pans and he insisted we sang a song aswell, so there I was singing "als ik boven op de dom sta" from the top of my lungs, and Johnny and the kid (our guides) laughed and laughed and played the tablas..! We slept underneath the millions of stars and the milky way that night. It was amazing(ly cold...) The next morning we woke up very early, Johnny and the kid were already making breakfast and we headed off again on mr India, Goddik and the 3 other camels. We stopped at the village of our guides where both Dunc and I had the most amazing(ly bad) nailpolish job of our life and they tried to overcharge us massively for a cup of chai. Tourism at work. Little did they know 4 out of our 5 man group was travelling for more than 3 months... So they weren't very lucky today..!

We had again an amazing lunch underneath a tree. Then all of a sudden Johhny and the kid shouted "DESERT MARRIAGE..!". I looked back, jumped up and shouted: " Oh no, my camel is being raped..!" There was Goddik with a strange camel on top of her, squeeling. Her baby screaming because her mother was being raped, I told you she was a dirty b*-ch..! That was a sentance I never thought I would say..!

Well then, after an hour on the back of our camel-friends, we had a freightning journey back to Jaiselmer in the back of a jeep. What an adventure again..

Tomorrow we're leaving for Johdpur, the blue city. Excited to see what that'll bring..!

Time is pushing now, we've only got 3 weeks left before flying back to the uk. Well, at least I've got all my souvenirs sorted now, I bought you a great one today papa..!

Again, Lots of love from Incredible India,

Dunc and Ellen